As a biracial girl growing up in England, I'd never really seen any historical characters who looked like me depicted on film before that weren't being brutalized or playing slaves.

As a biracial girl growing up in England, I'd never really seen any historical characters who looked like me depicted on film before that weren't being brutalized or playing slaves.

It's not often that you get a chance in one role to do the glamour bit and then strip off all the makeup and reveal the real person beneath the façade. Usually, it's either a glamorous role or a raw, emotional role.

For me, after emotionally intense roles, I'd need to take a step back because then there's the promoting of the film which is another job in itself.

I'm just broadening my craft and stretching my skills a little bit in different directions.

From the age of four, I loved ballet and tap. I was in the school band, the choir, and all my school plays.

Different fragrances promote different emotions, and I find that fragrance gets me in the frame of mind for that person.