The White Ribbon Foundation is organization I support. They're bringing awareness of violence against women and I think it's important in our society.

You always draw inspiration from your family or your parents if they've proven to be inspirational. My mother is someone who's always been inspirational to me.

Often too many expectations are put on by society as to what we're supposed to look like and it's fed to people at an age that's too young.

I think there's always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That's inevitable.

I think the most challenging aspect was keeping up the degree of physical fitness you need while filming a major leading role in a primetime U.S. series. You have very little time to sleep and eat, let alone train.

McLeod's Daughters' was my first regular job out of drama school, and my first full-time role. That was great because I learned a lot, in terms of working in front of the camera.

There's always a project around, but you have to pick and choose.