Being a cocktail waitress and having to wear a compromising dress in an unwoke 1990s world.
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I’ve done some acting jobs where everybody’s gone out of their way to make sure that you feel annoying and easily replaceable.
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Washing dishes when I was a student.
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Shooting hosiery on top of an iceberg and getting my backside stuck to it.
I lived in Cape Town, and I was spotted on the street and signed up by a modelling agency. I did about three shoots before I realised I hate having my photograph taken and I like food.
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View profile →I have a deep-rooted fear of being in trouble. I once tried to sneak into the back of a photography exhibition with my husband when one of our kids was in a pushchair. We’d arrived late and he suggested we go in through the gift shop and see the last room. As we poked our heads round the door, the security guard noticed us. I shouted, “That man’s trying to get in!”, then ran away.
Realising I was never going to make it big in professional swing dance.
In the orange blossom-filled streets of Seville, snogging on a park bench.
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A sense of optimism.
My short film, Scrubber, in 2011. At that time in my life it seemed easier to pay for it myself than to apply for funds.
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