My father always says, ‘Never trust anyone who has a TV bigger than their bookshelf.’ So I make sure I read. Back at home, I just put up a massive bookcase and asked everyone I know and love to help me fill it with their favorite books. It’s been quite nice because I’ve learned a lot about my friends and family from what they’ve been giving me. A book says a lot about a person.

I cannot contain this. Please, can we all have something sexual together? You're both beautiful, even just a hug.'

A young Brit girl with no theatre experience decided to take on an iconic American role on Broadway. Maybe I should have thought that through?

One of the many things I love about Daenerys from Game of Thrones is she's given me an opportunity to fly the flag for young girls and women, to be more than just somebody's wife and somebody's girlfriend.

Drama school is fundamentally practical. I didn't write any essays, so I came out with a BA honors degree in acting.

I long for the countryside. That's where I get my calm and tranquillity - from being able to come and find a spot of green.

Sometimes I feel like the kid left out - the weirdo with the silver hair that no one likes to talk to.