Ruth Jones, 57, reveals her plans to retrain as a registrar as she becomes the latest star to ditch showbiz for a ‘normal’ job

She’s an accomplished actress, screenwriter and novelist, but it looks like a complete career change is in store.

Ruth Jones has said she wants to retrain as a wedding officiant at the age of 57, as she wants to make ceremonies ‘more enjoyable’ for people tying the knot.

Following in the footsteps of Jools Oliver, who trained to become a midwife, and Kate Silverton who left television journalism to become a child therapist, Ms Jones, who shot to fame as gobby Nessa in the BB hit Gavin & Stacey, is keen to continue . to a new industry.

“At one point I wanted to be a lawyer, but now I’d like to be a law clerk, and I’ve been thinking a lot about actually doing it,” she said Good cleaning magazine.

‘I love weddings, but I’ve been to so many weddings where the registrar has talked in a monotone voice the whole time and not once looked up – and that’s such a shame because it’s someone’s big day.

Ms Jones, who shot to fame as gobby Nessa in BB hit Gavin & Stacey, is keen to enter a new industry

“I would like to make those experiences more fun for people.”

But Ms Jones may not have much time for her education as she is starring in the West End show Sister Act while writing her fourth novel.

However, she has played down rumors that a special episode of Gavin & Stacey would be written, calling it “all nonsense.”

“I would love to be in a new comedy drama. I want to write a movie and I want to keep writing novels. “I just finished the first draft of my fourth book, which will probably be out next year,” she said.

‘I also want to learn to play the piano.’

The Welsh star, who stars as Mother Superior at London’s Dominion Theatre, said she never thought she would do theater again after appearing in William Gaminara’s The Nightingales in 2018 left her feeling ‘stressed out’ with nerves.

“I honestly never thought I would be starring in a West End musical,” she said.

“The last time I did a play was in 2018, and I got so stressed out about getting on stage that I thought, ‘I can never do theater again.’

But Ms Jones may not have much time for her education as she is starring in the West End show Sister Act while writing her fourth novel.

Read the full interview in the May issue of Good Housekeeping, on sale March 28

‘Luckily the producers were very nice and gentle, and eventually they talked me into it.

‘It has been a very good lesson not to impose limits on myself and not to let fear hold me back.’

Mrs Oliver, wife of celebrity chef Jamie, recently revealed she was halfway through her midwifery training at the age of 49.

“Everyone said, ‘There’s still time, this is the time to do it.’ It’s been two years now, it should have happened within a year, this is totally me,” she said.

Read the full interview in the May issue of Good Housekeeping, on sale March 28.

Ruth Jones stars in Sister Act: The Musical at London’s Dominion Theater until June 8; sisteractthemusical.co.uk