With me, it's clothing and makeup and hair and all that stuff that inform how the character moves and feels.

I was born and raised in Nigeria. We lived in England when I was 3 and 4, and I would go to summer school every year in Switzerland.

My accent has changed my whole life. When I was younger it was very Nigerian, then when we went to England it was very British.

With me, it's clothing and makeup and hair and all that stuff that inform how the character moves and feels.

I've several times had jobs that I thought were going to be my big break, and it didn't pan out.

Comedy has always been something I love, but for some reason - probably because of the British accent - I've always been pushed toward more period work.

When I'm just walking around, I swap between the British and the American, and when I'm with my family I'm with my Nigerian accent.