I drink a lot of Diet Coke and belch. I've been known to use the ''f'' word.

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

Why do you put your self esteem in the hands of complete strangers?

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.

People have lots of misconceptions about me. My mum, who is half French and half Spanish, gets outraged when I'm called quintessentially English. I owe my looks to my mum-which was 90 percent of getting my first job. And, some people would argue, 90 percent of my entire career.

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

Sometimes I go, “What am I doing with my life?” But then I get letters from young women, or people come up to me, and they say, “You’ve made such a difference to my confidence.” And that is a good thing. I should read more fan mail though. I’m crap at responding.