You couldn't even write me a paper about the roles you would dream of playing in modern musical theatre.

My dad always told me that perseverance furthers. He was right.

My shoes are size 2 and a 1/2, the same size as my feet

I have been extremely pleased to support the Trust's work in the Lupus Unit ever since. Personal experience also motivated me to become involved to help raise the awareness of the disease and hopefully thereby improve the speed of diagnosis.

I will be singing primarily all the songs from the musicals that I have been in from over the years.

My first singing role was as Susanna in a school production in a shortened form of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. I loved to sing and I was given lots of encouragement by a wonderful music teacher Mrs Ann Hill and by my parents who suggested I go to drama school.

Actors already striving in the theatre wouldn't dream of putting themselves on these shows; it means that only about 10% of the talent out there is being auditioned for parts.