Actress

Stop worrying what other people think.

There are so many directors, young and old, around - all doing their thing and struggling.

In your 20s and 30s, everything is possible. But then, sooner than you think, men walk past you in the street and don't look twice at you unless you're wearing a fabulous outfit.

I'm a great company actor, a great supporting actor. I serve the piece.

To acknowledge the beginnings of people is a beautiful thing.

I arrived in this country as a refugee child with my sister and my mother.

Whoever we are, we have to carve something out of our lives. I would like to be on my deathbed going, 'I've enjoyed that. I went through the rollercoaster of it, but I've appreciated it.'

Whoever we are, we have to carve something out of our lives. I would like to be on my deathbed going, 'I've enjoyed that. I went through the rollercoaster of it, but I've appreciated it.'

I now realise I'm a great actor.

I have been that actor who's watched peers and thought, 'God, they're doing well. I'll never get there.'

I am so lucky I get to work with amazing, amazing people.

The weight of expectation is huge. But for me, that pressure has been outweighed by getting text messages from mums I know saying how huge it is for their mixed-race daughters that I am playing Hermione.

I have been that actor who's watched peers and thought, 'God, they're doing well. I'll never get there.'

If I think even a week ahead, I get terrified. My big thing is trying to enjoy the moment as much as I can.

I don't do the victim mode. I don't do blame. I can't bear that.

I am so passionate about representation because, growing up, I didn't see myself, and now people can say, 'I see myself there.' We're all trying to find where we are.

I now realise I'm a great actor.

Family - it's all about family. Families feeling safe and finding your safe place.

We're storytellers - and if the story is told well, you go with the form.

At the very beginning, being a parent did impact how I go about this business.