It's Always A Help When

I Was Picked Up On A London Street By A Model Agent. She Took Me To Her Office And Then Sent Me To Paris To Work In Shows. It Was Supposed To Be Two Weeks, But I Ended Up Living There With My Zimbabwean Boyfriend. I Made Enough Money Modeling And Acting In French Movies To Buy A Nice Flat.

I Grew Up In A Strongly Socialist Family. While I Was At School, I Worked In Party Politics And With Organizations Like The Anti-nazi League. Everywhere I Saw It, I Fought Prejudice.

I Like Acting In London-not Least Because It Means I Can Go Home After The Show Every Day, Rather Than Being On Location Making A Film.

I Think Politics Can No Longer Be Assigned To Parliamentary Activity And It Probably Never Could Be. But Politics With A Small P And The History Of Trade Union Movement Really Interests Me.

For A Woman To Say She Has Had A Dalliance With Another Woman Is Quite Trendy These Days. I Do Not Like Trendiness. Life Isn't About Dalliances - It's About Individuals. You Come Across People In Your Life That You Find Very Interesting. It's Not About Something Flighty.