I was born and brought up in Liverpool with my clever little sister Jemma, who is 14 and wants to be a vet. My mum Jane is an administrator and my dad Peter is a taxi driver.
“If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors.”
“My goal was for acting to become my main income. I would say to myself, 'I'm good enough.' That became my mantra.”