BOLTON actor Ruth Madeley is to star in a new BBC drama telling the true story of the people behind a campaign of direct action that furthered the battle for disabled civil rights in Britain. Written by Bafta winner Jack Thorne and award-winning actor-turned-writer Genevieve Barr, Independence Day? How Disabled Rights Were Won , focuses on Barbara Lisicki and Alan Holdsworth, two disabled cabaret performers who met at a gig in 1989 and would go on to become the driving force behind DAN - the Direct Action Network, whose coordinated protests pushed the campaign for disabled rights into the spotlight. Ruth, 33, from Westhoughton, was named as one of Bafta’s Breakthrough Brits in 2017. In 2016 she was also nominated for a leading actress Bafta for her role as Anne Watson in the BBC Three drama Don’t Take My Baby.
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She got back on her yellow Brompton cycle with confidence after suffering a nasty accident when she collided with an unleashed dog in London last month.
The Australian star completed her look by donning a pair of white trainers and ensured to stay safe while on two wheels as she wore a light green helmet.
Looking good: The actress, 41, donned a pair of black skin-tight trousers while riding a yellow bike along a promenade next to the River Mersey
Change: Rebel has been balancing her busy work schedule (left on Thursday) and healthy lifestyle commitments over recent months after shedding over 70lb/ 4.5st (pictured in 2018)
Rebel Wilson flaunts epic weight loss as she strips to plunging black thong bodysuit
Rebel Wilson showed off her dramatic weight loss by stripping down to a plunging black thong bodysuit during a dressing room selfie while she shoots her new movie
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Rebel Wilson showed off her dramatic weight transformation by stripping off to a plunging black bodysuit.
Rebel Wilson lost 70lbs last year after she changed her life dramatically by avoiding junk food and working out every day.
And on Monday the actress from Australia flaunted her more slender frame on her Instagram Stories in a big way as she made the unusual move of stripping off her clothes.
The 41-year-old shared two images taken from her dressing room where she wore only a revealing black leotard. She s glamorous on set today! the blonde wrote over her photo.
No clothes needed: Rebel Wilson, 41, stripped off her clothes on Instagram on Tuesday as she flaunted her 70lb weight loss in a black thong leotard, writing: Glamorous on set today