Eight months later, following the sabbatical, Harris returned to acting after receiving the script for new film Black and Blue.

The thriller explores police brutality against African Americans, as well as the role of body cameras in policing the police. Harris plays a new police officer who captures footage of colleagues executing drug deals on her bodycam. The movie takes place over one long night on the streets of New Orleans.

Speaking about the emotions involved in playing her character, she said: “I don’t actually like anger in everyday life. I’m very, very sensitive.

“But I’ve done enough kind of self-development work to realise that actually anger is a really important emotion that needs expression. Because I bottle mine up, I find it really cathartic to just let rip. So on set I’m like ‘Yeah, give me that plank of wood. I’m going to bash him up.’ I let it all out.”

Naomie Harris reveals she nearly quit acting because of career burnout