Sian Brooke: Starring in Blue Lights Has ‘Given Me Greater Respect’ for Police

Sian Brooke: Starring in Blue Lights has ‘given me greater respect’ for police

The 46-year-old plays officer Grace Ellis in the hit BBC show.

Blue Lights actress says starring in the show has given her 'greater respect' for police

Blue Lights star Sian Brooke said her role in the crime drama has “given me a greater respect and understanding” for police officers.

Blue Lights star Siân Brooke teases "dark truths" behind unexpected season 4 return

This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine.In the spring of 2011, Siân Brooke played a single woman fed up with her nine-to-five job as a petrol pump attendant in a revival of the Mike Leigh play Ecstasy. She is routinely abused by the men who visit her in her bedsit – until she meets up with an old friend, played by Craig Parkinson, and they spend the night talking and crying. An optimist would hope that the two get together and live h…