Winning the EE Bafta rising star award would mean…

A lot! It would also be extremely surreal because I’ve always kept an eye out for who’s been involved in it. It’s great that it supports emerging talents. I’m going to try not to get too excited about it until I’m there, which is my natural way. Even when I was going on holiday when I was little, I wouldn’t believe it until I was on the plane. I could feel that reaction was really frustrating to other people because they would tell me things and they would receive… not a lot. I was the same on my birthday. I don’t let myself get excited because I think I’m always worried that something’s going to go wrong. But I’m really working on trying to let myself be excited and happy about stuff.

My favourite meal of the day is …

Dinner. Which I call tea, but no one knows what that means. If I’m filming, I’ll be out for breakfast and lunch, so won’t be able to cook my own thing. And I love cooking; I spend all day thinking about it. Sometimes I can’t sleep at night because I’ll think about what I’m going to cook the next day. I’ll be thinking: so garlic and onions are going to come first and then the chilli… saying the same thing over and over again. It keeps me awake.

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