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The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 September 2025 source ↗
A cabaret act with Agnetha, Frida and Benny. It was in a nightclub in Gothenburg and one night we had seven in the audience. It was before we found out that we were a pop group.
Doing an episode of Doctors was a bit of a nadir.
Working in a betting office on Grand National day. I was 17 and my hair was scrunched like Mick Hucknall’s.
Unpacking scenery from a pantechnicon for the Carl Rosa Opera Company.
I’m a bit of a hoarder.
The children. As a mother you are constantly worrying whether you’ve done the right thing.
Honest, empathetic, daring.
Less time on my phone.
An English teacher said, “You’ll never make anything of yourself.”
It was reading out loud, but no longer. (I am dyslexic.) I was encouraged by my husband to do a speech for the Royal National Institute of Blind People, which helped me gain my confidence, and the fear disappeared.
Jimmy Akingbola, Tuppence Middleton, Harlan Coben, David Harewood, Joanna Scanlan, Kathy Lette
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