Drama Queen

You are referred to as the 'drama queen'. Could you describe yourself as an actor and why you have chosen this medium?

I would like to call myself a performer. This medium is something that I came to at 34, quite late in life by the industry’s standards. At the time, people said all kinds of things to me — that I am too old or too fat to be an actor. I was typecast. But I persisted. I chose this medium because I come from a family of theatre actors. My grandfather and great grandfather have all acted in theatre. I resisted becoming an actor for a long time. But at one point, I felt that it was a leap that I had to take.