My first film crush was Mark Lester as Oliver Twist in the Carol Reed film.

My blood runs cold when I hear the 'great news' that we have found a marker for the Down's syndrome gene, which means we can identify it more easily. Why is that good news? It's only good news if you're going to terminate.

When I got pregnant with my first child I gained nearly 5st. I did a bit of pretending: "I'm just really small, so I just put on a lot of weight when I'm pregnant." That is true, but I also ate a lot of cake.

I tell people that I'm a Christian, but I don't think it's giving an insight into who I am or what I'm about.

Middle-aged women on telly is a bit of a hot topic - before, we were 27 to 37, and now we're 40 to 50. You do notice as you get older... you go past 35, and suddenly you're playing baddies.

I don't leave London, really, and I don't do theatre, because I want to put the kids to bed.

People have really strong images of what church is, and it's almost certainly not the same as mine.