Soaps are a great springboard for any actor but if you want to be taken seriously, you have to be careful.

If I wear make-up, then people recognise me, but the rest of the time, no one really bothers.

When I was ten, I saw 'Grease' on stage and thought: 'I want to be part of that; it looks like so much fun.' My mum enrolled me in a local theatre group, and it all went from there.

I've never been a social bunny. I thrive on work.

For me, once I've worked on something and it's finished, it's like an ex-boyfriend: you don't go back to them.

I think it's so important as an actor that you hang on to your own inner compass, because so many people want to guide you - 'This is what you should you be doing'. But I want to do different things.

I adore water, so it would be a real adventure to visit the Amazon before they chop down all the trees.