Oh said that while she’d undeniably found it more difficult to get parts as a Canadian-Korean actress, she had always refused to be defeated by it.

“Racism exists. Let’s start there. I felt it, and I have felt it deeply. And I’m extremely fortunate. So I’m not going to not say that it’s not there, because it is,” she said.

“But it’s changing the mindset that being an actor of colour, person of colour, that you’re at a disadvantage in the creative life. That you don’t have opportunity. It’s all how you see the opportunity.

“And the clearer and deeper you get into what you really want, you just become a better artist… If what you want is to connect, if what you want is to be a great artist, I think you can find your way. Even within this giant paradigm that a lot of times doesn’t include people who look like us.”

Killing Eve will premiere on BBC One and BBC Three later this year.

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