Although my father is English, I was brought up in Australia.

I remember vividly one distinct memory of arriving in Hong Kong and being the only blonde haired girl in this sea of international students, and thinking, 'Oh, my God. There's no hiding here.

Generally, I play the kind of ethereal, fragile-on-the-outside-but-hard-and-damaged-on-the-inside type.

I never consciously set out to be an actor. I just kind of did whatever acting I could do.

I really like being thrown into the works. Many actors, I have found, have this as a common trait. We had to, as children, adapt to various situations with either a military family or things like that.

I'm very analytical about the industry and I understand that there are value systems, and all sorts of things like that.

I'm a big fan of Tom Stoppard's work, and have been since I was in school where I studied him.