An actor's life for me

Why did you want to become an actor? I never actually decided I wanted to be an actor, it kind of happened to me from a really young age.

I was 12 in Glasgow when I started, and the jobs kept coming. I've got my school in Glasgow to thank for that.

I went into a long-running soap in Scotland and the jobs just really kept happening. I never really sat down and decided [to become an actor], but that's probably for the best because I don't think I would have been one of those people who went to drama school for three years on the off chance. I don't think I would have had the guts to do that, so it's been ideal the way that it's happened.

What's been the career highlight for you so far?

I particularly enjoyed doing a drama earlier this year for the BBC called Sparkhouse, which was myself and Sarah Smart. It was a kind of reworking of Wuthering Heights, but updated with a modern text.

Sally Wainwright did the script for it, and it was really massively enjoyable. We had such a great time, myself and Sarah working really closely together and making it work. The rest of the cast were fantastic too.