I’m drawn to damaged, complicated characters. What really excites me is the unknown, and getting to grips with something you have no idea about.”

On modelling “I didn’t take it very seriously but it was good for my confidence. On the other hand it was highly weird and shallow. All the other girls were from Russia and Poland and had legs up to my armpits. It was quite demeaning. You go in, they pull up your skirt and say ‘have you got good legs?’ I’m like, how do I know? They’re legs!”

“It was good for me to experience all the rejection with modelling. It prepared me for this. In this industry you’re hot one minute and not the next. You can’t let that get to you. You just have to keep working.”