I get so excited about reading a new script.

Othello' was my first Shakespearean discovery. I was obsessed with drama at school, and I studied the play for my English GCSE. Desdemona is the part that everyone wants, but Iago's wife Emilia is the one I've always been drawn to.

My mum taught me always to see the funny side of things.

I really enjoy singing, it's entirely different to acting because I'm just being myself.

I love discovering tiny streets.

I don't mind wearing a corset; it informs your posture, changes the way you move, you can't slouch.

If Shakespeare was around today I would ask him out to dinner. The only thing I don't like about him is the way he did his hair.