Hackney Gets A Bit Of A Bad

Comedy And Drama Are Less Ageist Media For Women Than Stuff Like Light Entertainment. But In Tv Or Film, Women Have To Be More Pleasing On The Eye Than Men.

Things Change When You Get To 40. I'm Embarrassed Even That I'm Going Through It. In A Very Morbid Way, At 40 You Become Aware Of How Long You've Been On Earth And You Start To Question What You're Going To Use The Remaining Time Doing.

You've Only Got A Short Shelf-life As An Actor, And I Want To Make The Most Of It While I Can.

You Feel You Can Pretend To Be Young Until You're 50, But After That, What Happens And How Do You Approach It?

I Started Writing Sketches With Dennis Kelly, Who I Ended Up Writing 'pulling' With. We Entered A Bbc Competition And Did Quite Well, Then Started Writing Bits For Other People's Shows. You Wheedle Your Way In, Write Pilots And Eventually You End Up Writing A Sitcom.