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

I think all characters that we play are facets of ourselves.

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

I was born in the '80s, so I don't really remember it very strongly, but the music is so iconic.

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.

I'm not turning my back on classical theater. It's all about opportunities and timing a lot of the time when things come up.

At home I wear my own clothes, no makeup and don't do anything exciting with my hair. I get to borrow pretty dresses for the red carpet, and have experts do my hair and makeup.