Biografia

She was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress of 2003 for her performance in "After Miss Julie" at the Donmar Warehouse. She became the youngest actress ever to be nominated for that category (aged 26).

She received an audition for the hit British show, Prime Suspect (1991), after writing a letter to the producers.

Married her fiancé Kyle Baugher, a financier, in a private ceremony in Somerset, England. The couple had been in a relationship since 2010, having first met at Kyle's brother's wedding in Marfa, Texas.

She won the Empire Award for Best Newcomer in 2005 for her role in the film, Lady Henderson presenta (2005).

Her grandparents were Irish.

Hand on heart, I find it a little bit embarrassing. I don't need to be on the cover of magazines. Everything I've dreamed of doing, I'm doing.

Literally, I don't know where life is gonna go from one day to the next, and that's as exciting as it is tiring.

Auditioning is a horrible experience because you know you are being absolutely scrutinized and judged. There are days where you can do it and days where it's just not happening, and I feel like that's how it is with all artists; you have some days it kind of works.

I hate to say that my mother was 'just a housewife', because in addition to that she has had lots of part-time secretarial jobs in factories and hospitals, always working really hard for our family.

Obviously, education is hugely important, along with healthcare. They're the basics and you're hurting your own country if you don't pour money into them.