Your boyfriend’s parents are big Corrie fans. How excited are they that you’re in the show?
They always ask what’s coming up and what’s going on, and where a storyline is heading. I know I’m not supposed to tell them but I’m desperate to be their favourite, so I do. They like Daisy. They think she’s fun. They like a character who’s a little bit salty.
What does your boyfriend think of her?
He loves her. I’m basically an 84-year-old woman who walks around in trousers and boxy T-shirts. He always jokes, ‘Why are these for me? Why don’t you bring home some of Daisy’s mini-skirts? I just say, ‘You knew my style when you met me. If you want to see the mini-skirts, turn on the telly!’
How have you coped doing the northern accent when you are from Surrey?
When I went to the audition, I didn’t know how to do it. But by pure luck, or fate, a friend of mine was doing an ITV drama where she had to have a Mancunian accent. She had an accent coach, so I basically used her as a coach to nail the accent down.
Coronation Street was your first job after lockdown…
I got the job in August and the lockdown had started in the March. Previous to that, I was still under option for another show I did before, called Free Rein, which meant I wasn’t allowed to take any other work. So it had been a year of nothing. I felt super rusty.
Where had you spent lockdown?
I moved back home to Surrey. We were living in my boyfriend’s flat in London but I basically told him to pack his stuff because we were moving in with my mum. Bless him, he took it on the chin and off we went. I actually really enjoyed lockdown. I didn’t realise that the lifestyle I lead is basically lockdown. I’m a hermit, so I had no problems just staying home, lighting candles, having baths and doing a couple of squats in front of the telly.
Were you apprehensive about starting on the cobbles?
The first day on any job is super nerve-racking. But everyone at Coronation Street was so welcoming. Also, on my first day, I had 10 scenes in the Rovers Return and things are filmed at a scarily quick pace. So there wasn’t really time to be over-thinking things – it was sink or swim.
Was it hard to make new friends on set?
When you meet a bunch of new people at work, everyone’s always got their great friends already. So I was nervous about attempting to find my own little place. I tend to be a bit of a wallflower, so I’ll just sit there and listen and be quiet.
Sal [Sally Ann Matthews, who plays Jenny Bradley] had to keep pushing me into the green room. She’d say, ‘Stop hiding in your dressing room. For God’s sake, come and say hi to people!’ She knew that my instinct was to hide away.
Sal and I are now very close and I’m also great friends with Sair Khan, Julia Goulding, Rob Mallard and Ryan Prescott. Everyone gets on but they’re probably the ones I hang out with most.
Your character gets engaged to Ken Barlow’s son Daniel, played by Rob Mallard. Does that make you feel secure about your future on the show?
I don’t think it’s ever secure. It’s a soap, so there’s no guarantee we’re even going to make it down the aisle. And the engagement is quite speedy. It’s only been a year and two minutes since they got together – so anything can happen.
Is it true you were almost a pop star?
When I was 15 and in my last year at school, I auditioned for a band that was being created by Simon Fuller and Geri Halliwell. It was a development deal, which means we spent a lot of time bonding, doing choreography and recording songs in the studio – sometimes cool songs, sometimes naff songs. You just try to find your sound.
When they felt like we’d exhausted all options as a group, I was offered a solo deal. I did that for another two years and then, as I got older, I realised that acting was what I actually wanted to do and decided to go back to it. Just because you can sing, doesn’t necessarily mean you should be a singer.
How did you get interested in acting as a child?
When I was a kid, my hobby was dancing. I was obsessed with it and I’d do it every day after school. Randomly, an agency came to my dance school and watched a dance class. I don’t know why, but afterwards they asked me if I’d like to give acting a crack. I thought ‘why not?’ and went from there.
My first theatre job was Les Miserables in the West End when I was 12-ish. My first TV job was an episode of The Bill.
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