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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2026 source ↗
The first video game I was in. I was 13 and video games were the world for me, and my character was awful. He had this terrible orange 'fro, his voice was a man's and he was slow and didn't turn well – nothing like me.
Realising adults don't know everything.
England losing the World Cup.
Beijing 2008 – not making the Olympic final.
Endless vomiting. That comes from my emetophobia, which is a huge part of my OCD.
Getting to 39 without having a filling in my teeth.
Tenacious, romantic, organised.
Anyone who can pick up a house spider with their bare hands.
Doing a compulsory standup routine in my first week of drama school.
I’d swap out a few boyfriends.
Anna Friel, Bryan Ferry, Rufus Wainwright, Tony Ross, Pamela Anderson, Dan Aykroyd
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