I love that question. The first one that pops into my head is a superficial one, but I always wanted Sigourney Weaver's role in Alien., I really fancied that and I was peeved that the casting agent didn't even know I was alive.

I don't even know if I was acting then but I thought, "Gosh, that could have been me." I'm a big girl and I'm naturally strong, not so much now, I'm a bit of a pudding now, because I love my biscuits and tea and chocolate cake. But I was actually skinny until only about 5 years ago and naturally muscular and lithe and athletic. I've got a very strong face, you wouldn't ever call me petite and delicate, so the sorts of roles that I thought that I'd be good for, and that also suited my personality as a bit of a tomboy would be roles very much like that.

I used to be a model before I started acting so to be really honest with you I got sick of the glamorous roles. With all that modelling you have to get gussied up very early in the morning, full face paint. That was in the late 70s and 80s, so you're talking major make-up, tons of black, false eyelashes, hair pieces, full-on and totally glamorous. I mean completely plastic glamorous Barbie doll.

After years and years of playing those intensely made up, very elegant, glamorous roles, I was desperate to rebel and do the opposite. Having worn so much makeup during the day, the first thing I do when I got home was rebel against that, scrub all the make up off, wash my hair and just let it fly and put on a pair of jeans and a singlet. Most models, when you don't see them dressed up in a job, you'll see them with absolutely no make up on and just flip flops and a pair of shorts because they're so sick of getting glamorous. Most women are not so glamorous for their work during the day so they love to come home and put a bit of lippie on and curl their hair and put the heels on and go out and be glamorous at night, because that's fun, but for us, we wanted to do was the opposite.

I really craved for a meaty, non-glamorous role so that's why I said Sigourney Weaver in Alien. I loved Blade Runner as well, I would have loved Darryl Hannah's role in Blade Runner. Priss. Yeah, I would have loved that role in Blade Runner. They're the two that really jump to mind and they're both crazy, eccentric, arty warrior roles.