Did you enjoy the make-up, or was it a tiring process?

I did my first play when I was five years old, and one of my first memories in life is the smell of the make-up in the dressing room. I just loved it then, and I still do. I love everything about it. It's not the most fun thing, but it's one of the fun things about being an actress, getting to dress up and change who you are.

Were the actors who played Ferengi as keen as you?

To be honest, my make-up took longer than the Ferengis'. When Leeta was a Dabo girl, and there was glamorous make-up added, hair, make-up and wardrobe was a three and a half-hour process. Beauty make-up actually takes quite a long time. Hey, that's how long it usually takes me every day! (laughs).