I got the first thing I auditioned for - a guest role on two episodes on 'All Saints,' and I don't think I had ever been that excited.

I wanted to be a dancer from when I was about nine or something like that and started ballet. I used to really like it and got into it and did it full time for a couple of years. I did a lot of ballet but I traded that in for acting when I was about 15.

I like my anonymity - that when I meet people they don't know me.

Photography, for me, is something I can control fully. It's wholly my own expressions.

Acting really suited me because I could connect as an actor to emotion.

The independent films are really where I kind of come from and where I feel comfortable. It's never been about the blockbusters and making a huge tonne of money. It's always been about wanting to do projects about the things that I think are important to be out there.

Doing an accent removes you from yourself and reminds you, every instant, that you're playing a part.