I’m quite scared of bats. I’m just seeing rats with wings – no, thanks.
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Nikki Amuka-Bird
b. 1976
Arts and letters
About
Born in Nigeria, Nikki Amuka-Bird, 49, studied at Lamda and began her career with the RSC. In 2017, she was Bafta nominated for her role in the BBC adaptation of Zadie’s Smith’s book NW. The same year, she played the lead in the Donmar’s production of Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea. Her recent television work spans Armando Iannucci’s comedy Avenue 5; the action series Citadel; and I, Jack Wright, which is on U&Alibi. She is divorced and lives in London.
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Lack of confidence masquerading as perfectionism.
Being an actor is inherently embarrassing. You have to embrace it.
A business-class flight. Pure indulgence.
Optimistic, creative, resilient.
Not being flexible enough to dance freely.
In a rehearsal just after graduating from drama college, I say my lines to an older actor. He pauses, turns to the director and says: “I’m sorry, but is she going to do it like that?”
Like everything is in high definition, and life is on your side.
Probably watching some poor abandoned cat or dog being nursed back to life by a stranger on YouTube.
Anyone whose party I said I’d go to and didn’t turn up. I can get quite socially anxious at times.
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