- [best thing about working on Holby City] Just working with such fantastic people, not just the cast but the crew as well. Who could ask for a better job, we just go around playing doctors and nurses. It's never the same, every day is different.
- [on research for role] The production team arranged for me to visit a hospital to see how they really work, it was absolutely invaluable, and amazing to see the doctors and nurses work so well under so much pressure.
- [on nerves] I still suffer from nerves and there were quite a few butterflies in my stomach on the first day of filming and at the audition before that too.. luckily, everyone working on the programme couldn't have been nicer, and I settled in very quickly.
- [on character Sandy] She's very uncomplicated and sweet natured. There's a gossipy side to her but that's as bad as it gets - there's no bitchiness or nastiness. She's very naive and daffy - I suppose we are quite similar in that, though I'd like to think that I'm a bit brighter than her, though I couldn't nurse anyone to save my life! I've added lots of myself into her so we have quite a bit in common.
- [on previous jobs] Painting the toilets in a very grotty nightclub. It was the gents' toilets so it was really disgusting.
- [on glamour] Everyone is so good looking on Holby that sometimes I feel a bit out of place. I don't think I'm glamorous at all. Blokes always see me as a mate, they never fancy me or think of me as a potential girlfriend. I worked in a nightclub for years an never got chatted up.
- [on her role as a nurse] It really made me want to portray the part properly. I'd hate to think real nurses could watch the programme and dislike the way it shows their working life.
- [who would play her in a movie of her life] I like Emily Lloyd as an actress so I'd say her.
- [most vivid childhood memory] When I was very young me and my cousin went to the beach in matching fish bikinis. I thought I looked the bees knees - they couldn't get it off me.
- [most foolish thing done] When I was about 16 I was swimming through 'rapids' in the local pool, and when I got out I heard all these boys whistling. I just ignored them - but suddenly I felt this breeze and there was this big gash in the bum of my bikini that had flapped down which was why they were whistling.
- [who she admired] Marilyn Monroe because I think she's the epitome of a woman. She was fantastic and I don't think there'll be anyone like her ever again.
- [what made her angry] People who are rude or ignorant.
- [on health] I'm not very healthy but I do try. I've started drinking a lot of water which I don't really like. With acting there's a lot of hanging around and you get bored and start thinking about chocolate.
- [who made her laugh] Louis Theroux - he makes me howl! I think he's hilarious and there's something really attractive about him as well.
- [on fame] I get really nervous and embarrassed and sweaty. When people ask if they can have my autograph I always look at them as if they're a bit mad and wonder why they would want my autograph. That's one bit I hate about my job.
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