Jenna Coleman
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After Emmerdale, babysitting. I freaked out – I couldn’t believe people put me in charge of their children.
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I’ve never really had a horrible job – I liked working at restaurants and being a nanny when I wasn’t acting.
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Angela Hartnett
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Emeli Sandé
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I was a perfume girl at a department store in Aberdeen. I was so bad at it, I didn’t make it to the end of the day.
At university, I worked at a hotel in housekeeping. We saw so many weird things in people’s rooms. Guests would leave sex and party stuff behind!
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View profile →In my 20s I was in a show called The Unauthorised Autobiography of Samantha Brown. The actor who played my dad messed up his lines and it made me laugh so hard that I ended up peeing my pants.
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My tendency to be avoidant.
Being alive on Earth is challenging and I like to believe that whatever happens after is filled with peace and ease.
Someone to clean my apartment.
Your lowest moment is temporary.
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