So who is Jodie Whittaker and what do we need to know about her? Here's all the facts on the star from her career and net worth, to her personal life involving her children and husband.

It stars Jodie as Susan McIntyre, a real-life woman who rallied a group of mothers to take on the Corby council over toxic waste mismanagement that led to their children’s disabilities.

Is it all rooted in truth? Here’s what we know about the inspiration behind Netflix’s Toxic Town.

follows a community challenge their town's council over alleged toxic waste mismanagement in the late 1980s and 1990s where toxic waste is proven to have affected their children. Jodie Whittaker ...

"For them, the mothers and these children, to have their story told... it's amazing. It's something that's been buried for a long time in terms of people's perception." In the drama, the Downton Abbey ...

Jodie Whittaker has another hit series on her hands ... They have never publicly shared the names of their children. The actress met her husband at drama school (Picture: Dan Wooller/ Rex ...

Netflix's drama, Toxic Town, starring the likes of Jodie Whittaker, Aimee Lou Wood and Robert Carlyle, is inspired by the true story of a group of British mothers who fought for the truth ...

Jodie Whittaker takes the lead role as Susan McIntyre ... who valiantly sought answers and justice after they noticed their children were born with defects and health conditions.