I think it's really important for actors to have another creative outlet, or for anyone, really.

Coming from dance, I feel acting is - I'm not going to say easy, because it's not. But the dance world is more hard-core.

The independent films are really where I kind of come from and where I feel comfortable.

I think that dancing has helped or prepared me, in a number of different ways, for the film industry, especially with controlling your nerves when you walk into an audition because you're on stage from a young age.

I used to love ballet and I did it really, really intensely. But it came so much about achieving physical perfection, which when I was 14 was a big deal.

Yes, a lot of European cinema and a lot of independent films and art-house stuff. She is a photographer. She is a visual artist and photographer and my dad is, too. My mum, I must credit for showing me good films. With my career, my parents were great and though they were a little wary, maybe, of the acting ambitions they have always been supportive.

We have so many American and English films in Australia that we hear those accents often, so they're not too hard to pick up, but it's always a challenge.