My father fell really chronically ill when I was 13 and that's when I phoned up an agent and started to act.

As everyone, you do end up becoming your mother, but also as you're acting, I find out you become every member of your family, bits come out without you really wanting them to come out.

No, I can never rely on Tim to make me pretty.

I've never had white teeth. To be honest, I've never been told to do any of those horrible things - get your teeth whitened or your nose straightened.

I remember I did think, 'Wouldn't it be nice if Mr Right moved in next door?'

The problems come when your personal life and relationships come under scrutiny in the press and often very uncomplimentary things are printed about you.

Falling in love with him was completely unexpected. When you only see someone as a friend, you don’t expect anything else. There was definitely a moment when something quite magical happened and we both agree that it transformed our relationship.