I went to Brunel University and very much wanted to go on to do a PhD in management, but then my acting career started to take off. In those days when you switched on the box there were hardly any brown or black faces.

I like to cook Indian food when I can. I find the process of creating a home-cooked meal to be unwinding.

Sometimes my ethnicity is relevant, other times not. I definitely get the best of both worlds.

Coming to New York is like a big hug, everyone is so welcoming. There's something about here, everyone makes you feel so at home. I miss my family of course, but I don't miss London that much. I was worried, but I feel really at home. Everyone says that who comes here from London, but I didn't believe them.

And I'd love to direct. One day. I'm learning a lot on the set of The Good Wife.

I had a dialect coach to get an American accent, and then another dialect coach to come off it a bit. There is something deep and mysterious in the voice when it isn't too high-pitched American.

I love roles where I have to transform myself.