Line Of Duty’s Vicky McClure made ‘£ 700,000 last year’

Vicky McClure reportedly made an estimate of £ 700,000 by 2020, thanks to her lead role in the BBC’s Line Of Duty.

The actress, 36, has appeared in the show as DI Kate Fleming since its inception in 2012, with the sixth series airing later this month.

And, according to The Sun, Vicky has had a few rewarding years appearing in prime-time TV shows including Broadchurch at ITV, the Hummingbird thriller alongside Jason Statham and The Replacement.

Money, money, money: Vicky McClure reportedly made around £ 700,000 in 2020, thanks to her lead role in the BBC's Line Of Duty (pictured earlier this month)

Money, money, money: Vicky McClure reportedly made around £ 700,000 in 2020, thanks to her lead role in the BBC’s Line Of Duty (pictured earlier this month)

The publication states that the most recent accounts filed with Companies House show a surplus of £ 392,562, of which a fee of £ 132,564 will be paid.

Vicky is said to have paid herself £ 127,000 from the account.

That means she earned around £ 700,000 in 2020, and her huge salary from Line Of Duty may have added to the interesting sum.

Hit: Actress, 36, has appeared in the show as DI Kate Fleming since its inception in 2012, with the sixth series airing later this month

Hit: Actress, 36, has appeared in the show as DI Kate Fleming since its inception in 2012, with the sixth series airing later this month

Talent: Vicky has had a few rewarding years appearing in prime-time TV shows including Broadchurch at ITV (pictured in 2013)

Talent: Vicky has had a few rewarding years appearing in prime-time TV shows including Broadchurch at ITV (pictured in 2013)

The revelation states that accounts in 2019 showed Vicky had an investment of £ 258,096 and paid herself a installment of £ 114,000.

Meanwhile in 2018, the actress paid herself an allowance of £ 93,000 and in 2017, £ 121,000.

MailOnline has contacted Vicky’s representatives for comment.

Speaking to iNews in 2017, Vicky said she and all Line Of Duty male co-stars are getting the same amount.

The BBC had caught fire at the time when it emerged that two-thirds of its talent paid more than £ 150,000 to men.

Equal pay: Vicky has previously said that she and her male co-stars Line Of Duty will all be paid the same amount (pictured with Martin Compston and Adrian Dunbar)

Equal pay: Vicky has previously said that she and her male co-stars Line Of Duty will all be paid the same amount (pictured with Martin Compston and Adrian Dunbar)

The network has promised to close the 10% gender pay gap by 2020.

Vicky said at the time: ‘I know I have been paid the same as Adrian (Dunbar) and Martin (Compston). It doesn’t matter who gets the most time.

‘We all come as a team. It’s not even a conversation. I would question what kind of production it would be if it weren’t for that. ‘

Series six follows the AC-12 dynamic trio investigating the force’s highest-profile assassination to date.

Drama: Series six follows the AC-12 dynamic trio investigating the murder of the force's highest profile to date

Drama: Series six follows the AC-12 dynamic trio investigating the murder of the force’s highest profile to date

Chief Inspector Joanne Davidson (Kelly MacDonald) has been named chief investigating officer on the unsolved murder case, but her suspicious behavior is drawing the team’s attention to anti-corruption. .

Shalom Brune-Franklin, 26 – who has appeared in the BBC’s Our Girl with Michelle Keegan – is the new addition to the AC-12 team as Detective Constable Chloe Bishop.

Some viewers marked the end of the fifth series, which began in May 2019 and attracted more than nine million viewers, as an ‘anti-climax’, after it was revealed that the secret criminal mastermind H was in code for four .

So fans are hoping the final show will reveal the identity of the fourth person – and the teaser suggests it may not be one they’re looking for.

This series of Jed Mercurio drama features seven programs, the longest to date.

Line of Duty returns on Sunday 21 March at 9pm on BBC One.

Corruption?  Chief Inspector Chief Inspector Joanne Davidson (Kelly MacDonald) has been appointed as chief investigating officer on the unsolved murder case

Corruption? Chief Inspector Joanne Davidson’s (Kelly MacDonald) chief guest has been appointed as chief investigating officer on the unsolved murder case

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