In British culture, redheads get teased at school. But I've grown up enough to realize I love my hair.

Giving triggers social cohesion. It's also the basis for an economy not based on money.

I would like better colouration of my legs, like a little less of that English mottled purple thing that makes it necessary to wear tights all the time.

Don't overpluck your eyebrows. A make-up artist told me this once, and I've always remembered it.

I usually have a lip balm in my bag and mascara as well. I don't really wear much make-up, but I like mascara because I've got fair colouring.

America has had an influence on me, as has going out with a Cuban-American guy and having lots of American friends. But I am still fundamentally British and speak with a British accent and feel very English.

I have made a living off the way I look, and I have really learnt to accept myself for being unusual.