Cattrall added that it wasn’t uncommon for young women to feel scared and anxious in professional situations. “It’s a very fine line, I have found, for women to stand up for themselves, whether it’s in a male-dominated or a female-dominated situation. I think there can be a lot of fear related to that. But you have a right to be happy, you have a right to be heard.”

If the fear was once predominantly felt by women with relatively little professional power, she said, the tables have been turned in a post-#MeToo world. “There used to be just the fear to speak out, and now it’s the perpetrators [who are scared],” she said.

Cattrall attended the Theirworld event as the guest of the charity’s president Sarah Brown, who she has known for several years. The focus of the event was the issue of violence against women and girls, and Cattrall said that she saw parallels between her own mentoring and the charity’s work to make sure that “young women going into the world are safe and protected”.

“I think speaking out against horrendous events on the world stage is one thing, but I am, in my business and in my life, trying to take care of my block,” she said. “And I can do that consistently.

“On the world stage it becomes a debate that I don’t have as much influence or knowledge to address. So for me, I take each woman at a time that I can influence and help and support and encourage – and that feels right.”

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Kim Cattrall has been mentoring young actresses for years