Actress

British period drama is always seen as kind of perfect and beautiful and lovely, but I don't think subcultures have been shone a light on like 'Peaky Blinders' has done.

I was never an ingenue. I've traveled the globe, I've backpacked through South America, I've done conservation work in Africa. I was never the girl who knew nothing of the world.

I grew up playing paintball and riding motorcycles and horses, so I really know how to rough and tumble.

'The Tudors' was ground-breaking in the sense that it did ruffle the feathers of classical historians and alter the way people did period drama at the time.

I like to think that I represent myself as a strong woman, so to work with other strong women I find very inspiring.

I'm a blagger by trade.

I've always known I wanted to go into acting, but being a very proud teenager, I wasn't ready to admit it until I felt like it was going to be possible.

I'm really cocky. Or - I've been thinking about this word a lot - I'm 'mischievous,' and I want to make light of things and push the boundaries.

I would never get married in a conventional way; I'd have the 'Curb' music as the union music.

I'm interested in Patti Smith and women who were iconic in a very hedonistic way.

If I get a chance to dress up, I really go for it.

People are so ready to cut you down if you take a risk and leave your comfort zone.

I remember telling people I booked this job; they were like, 'What is it called?' I was like, 'Peaky Blinders,' and they were like, 'What?' It sounds ridiculous, but I like it because there's an instant intrigue about the name.

I love 'Breaking Bad,' and the fact that my friend Aaron Paul is in it makes it all the more special to watch.

I want to stretch myself as much as I can whilst I can, just work and try all different things and have a good time.

Most women I know are not actresses, but they work for the U.N. or are documentary filmmakers, anthropologists.

I'm a shape shifter.

I'm a tomboy naturally; I grew up hanging up with boys.

I have way more bravery than common sense, but you always assume things are going to be so difficult, and then when you're actually faced with them, you prevail. It's human nature.

It's wonderful to return to 'Peaky Blinders.' We're all here for the right reasons - to work and do justice to what's written on the page.