Yellowstone’s Beth Dutton is played by a 47-year-old British star, who insists she lives a “very normal life” in London.

Beth Dutton is a tough-talking Montana cowgirl with a business mind and love for her husband Rip Wheeler.

But she is played by a Brit: Kelly Reilly, 47, whose biggest gig was in Sherlock Holmes alongside Robert Downey Jr several years ago.

Kelly has now told the BBC that her success “didn’t happen overnight”.

The actress has already starred in many big budget productions like True Detective.

When asked what it’s like to be a leading lady in demand these days thanks to Yellowstone – which returned on Sunday – Kelly told the site: “Well, I’m 47, that doesn’t matter. It’s not something that happens overnight, you know.” So it’s not like I’m getting whiplash.

She added: “I’ve been an actress for 30 years.

“It hasn’t been lost on me that there are a multitude of series that have such success around the world and a character that has garnered so much attention or appeal.

“But I treat him at arm’s length. I don’t spend too much time thinking about it.

Reilly then insisted she was a normie at heart.

“I have a very normal life. It is very important to me that my life is normal. Nothing has changed except that I am very busy,” she said.

“I don’t sleep at home very often, which is annoying because I love the house!

She is also married to Kyle Baugher; they married in 2012.

Kelly says she “didn’t do any press” before Yellowstone started, because she wanted people to believe in her character.

Kelly shared, “People talk to me like Beth is real. We all talk about Beth like she’s a real person.

“I’m always going to be a little disappointed when people meet me. I go to the local bakery and the lady says, ‘I’d love to drink with you,’ she said.

“I know what she means: she wants to drink with Beth. People want to feel part of this energy…someone so connected to their primal self.

“And we are so disconnected. We are all on the phone, on social media. It’s like it wouldn’t happen if someone didn’t take a photo of it. Beth is the opposite of that. She is so alive.