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The couple live in Hampshire and London. Have you always wanted to be an actress?I think so. I enjoyed showing off as a little girl and went on to do lots of plays at school. I was at a girls' boarding school in Winchester called St Swithuns. I was given the opportunity to do a lot of acting at Winchester College, where I also got to meet boys At that age I was a mad little muppet who loved boys. I never did anything and was very square, but I giggled a lot. I also played lacrosse for Hampshire and toyed with doing that.

But I think I always knew I would act.Tell me about 'Benefactors'It is a play written by Michael Frayn about two couples and their idealised views on life, relationships and architecture – which never quite live up to reality. My character, Sheila, is married to a very controlling and unloving husband. The only way she can survive is by visiting the couple next door, through whom she lives vicariously. She is a parasite, feeding on other people's happiness.What is it like to return to the theatre after seven years?It is frightening.

I felt like giving myself a shot of terror and I am definitely doing that.Sheila is a very different character to Alice in 'The Vicar of Dibley' ...Yes, and that was a calculated decision. I have just had a two-year break from acting and I wanted to dip my toe in, to remind myself why I went to drama school in the first place. I had fallen slightly out of love with the job.Did you miss acting?Not at all. I am a very private person and I have other things that I enjoy.Such as? Tending to the courgettes in my garden, lots of walking and lots of food. I am mad about cooking.When was the last time you got drunk?Oh dear, it wasn't long ago I am very embarrassed.

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