Jaime first came to our attention as Becky in Kidulthood (2006); a hard hitting film about the day in the life of a group of troubled 15 year olds growing up in west London. She has since been building up an impressive CV, favouring challenging roles in gritty films such as Dead Set, Five Daughters, Donkey Punch and Made in Dagenham. We had a chat with the actress post London Fashion Week and chatted about clothes, style and her dad.

Hi Jaime, what have you been up to?

I’m really busy at the moment prepping for my film Elfie Hopkins and the Gammons. We start filming in a week and I can’t go into too much detail, but it’s a film that me and my friend have got off the ground. My partner Ryan Andrews, is directing and it’s got a Twin Peaks-y vibe to it and it’s based on a home grown comic book Elfie Hopkins. It’s a kind of private investigation, comic book series – it’s so hard to describe without going into too much detail. But Elfie Hopkins is a kind of alter ego of mine that I’ve wanted to play for a while. She’s fun, she’s bored of her life, she’s stuck somewhere in the 90s and she wants to be a private investigator – that’s her dream but she’s bored in a village and she goes on to discover some very weird stuff that tests her private investigator skills, it’s quite exciting.

Your dad (Ray Winstone) is in it too. What is it like working with him?

My dad will be in it. It’s great to work with him, but working with your parents, you know they’re your parents but they’re also your biggest critics, you care most about their opinions.

As it’s your film will you be bossing your dad about?

No, I don’t think anyone bosses my dad about (laughs). I’ll be co-producing so I’ll be standing back from afar (laughs).

London Fashion Week has just come to a close - did you enjoy it?

I did indeed – it was so full on but it was great – really great. It’s not something that I look forward to but when it comes upon us I get very excited. It’s very hectic though and by the end of it you need to retreat; I’ve just come back from my mummy and daddies (Roydon, Essex), I’ve just been hanging about with my sister in the garden and doing real stuff. LFW is always exciting, I love fashion, so being able to go to the shows to see what’s on offer and what’s coming up, what direction people are going in, is really quite fun. But also very tiring!

How did you stay so fresh faced during LFW?

Moisturiser – a lot, a lot of moisturiser! And a lot of Glacéau Vitamin Water, I’ve drunk a lot of it recently and it really does sort you out, i-focus is my favourite (strawberry and kiwi). So, keep yourself hydrated, moisturised and eat well. I don’t know why but at the end of every show I was starving - and it wasn’t the models! In fact I thought they looked great, I didn’t see any overly skinny models, it was really nice to see some bigger looking models on the catwalk as well, I think every girl should walk the catwalk once in her life, and this only opens up opportunities.

Interview: Jaime Winstone