I would describe my look as 'ladylike rock chick.

There's such a sense of theatre in getting glammed up; it's like putting on a play or short film.

The British vice is overthinking before we speak, which is really annoying. I love the way that, in America, people are more straightforward.

I've never taken a role where I don't like a person on the page.

Now we live in a time where the public and the private are completely fused and there isn't such a great distinction. We know our private lives are constantly made public. With Facebook and Twitter there isn't such a desire, it feels, to keep things private.

I would describe my look as 'ladylike rock chick.

I'm a real geek. I love spending time researching a character and reading about them.