United Kingdom, Aug. 2 -- Martine McCutcheon's estranged mother wants to reconcile.

The Love Actually actress and her mother Jenny Tomlin used to be extremely close but the tragic death of Martine's brother Laurence John, 31, in 2022, tore them apart as Jenny, 69, suffered an emotional breakdown.

Jenny told OK! Magazine: "When I lost LJ, I detached. I was so heartbroken I couldn't talk to Martine.

"There was no big row - Martine tried to contact me for months, but I didn't answer. Martine was grieving and needed me. I want the chance to say sorry. I miss her so much - it physically hurts."

Martine, 49, and Jenny did meet briefly last year but it wasn't the big reunion that Jenny hoped for.

She said: "Martine texted me out of the blue...