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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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My first summer working, in 1984. I’d come out of drama school, I’d landed a job that got me an Equity card doing Godspell in Aberystwyth – and it was just unmitigated joy.
Five to 10, when I was just playing out and I didn’t realise I was a girl. Before my boobs came in, basically.
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Professionally, it has to be when I got my third star.
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