I’m always the girl at the party who, within five minutes, has taken my heels off, hitched up my dress in my knickers, and probably spilt drink down my cleavage.
From 16 years old, I wanted to have a baby, that’s all I wanted.
If I am in London I like a quick get away to The Olde Bell in Hurley It’s nearby and no stress – great food and beautiful walks.
I’ve concentrated for a long time on English films because I’ve got two kids but my oldest son is 11 and I think I’m going to be away for about four months of year now.
I’m the kind of person who’ll have a few drinks and fall asleep at 11.
By 17, I was modeling and had bought myself a flat. I’ve always tried to be self-sufficient.
My kids inspire me to be the person I am today – without them I wouldn’t be who I am today.
My style is scruffy with a touch of androgyny.
I was the eldest daughter with these four beautiful younger sisters with ringlets and pretty faces, and I used to dress them up in Victorian clothes and take them out for the day and pretend they were mine.
When I had my first boy it all started and that male energy seemed to keep me awake but since my daughter, who’s incredibly serene, I can’t seem to stop sleeping because she’s asleep all the time. It’s a pattern.
I’ve always been an animal lover. People should be made aware of all the issues. Some people think that the whole wearing-fur thing is glamorous, but you can look good without it.
My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town.
I really fought to make my character not a stereotype. I play a soap star with dyed blonde hair.
I find a lot of young filmmakers make too much of an effort to be trendy and they can be pretentious.
I haven’t done an international film for a long time.
I love babies. I love being pregnant and I loved giving birth.
I was fiercely independent and ambitious from a very young age.
My childhood was colorfully anarchic and punctuated by a lot of change.
If the kids did want to get into showbiz then so be it, but I would never project anything on to my children.
I never thought I’d spend all my life with Gary. I suppose I was quite cynical about marriage. But with Jude, I knew right from the beginning: there was an electricity I’d never felt before. It was so easy, we talked for hours. It was a relief, really.
I really enjoy making dinner for my kids and my husband – chopping ginger and marinating the tofu.