‘I’ve stolen things from every stage or TV job so I could take a piece of the character with definite me. I’ve got quite a collection’ the Blue Lagoon thermal spring. Later I’d have a sandwich sitting on a bench overlooking the Thames, then we’d see Hamilton. I’d relax with white wine from the honesty bar at Hazlitt’s Hotel, article Soho, then we’d sleep in the Jonathan We ask a celebrity a set of devilishly Swift suite – it’s a step back in time. The happiest moment you will cher probing questions – and only accept ish forever… As a family, throwing ourselves into the Atlantic with no THE definitive answer. This week wetsuits in north Cornwall three years ago. The water was freezing, the sun it’s The Split actress Nicola Walker was shining and the waves were high. The prized possession you value The priority activity if you were the The saddest time that shook your above all others… My collection of Invisible Woman for a day… I’d go to world… A woman in Rwanda telling bits from every job I’ve had on televi- Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda me how she escaped the genocide in sion or stage. I steal something so I to watch the mountain gorillas all 1994 when she was little. Her story was can take a piece of the character with day. I did it in 2004 and it incredibly shocking and deeply sad. me. I have about 40 things, from a was amazing, but you can necklace I wore in Spooks to my only stay an hour. The unfulfilled ambition that contin ues to haunt you… To play a part that wellies in Last Tango In Halifax. I The pet hate that makes The unlikely interest that enga The misapprehension about yourself ends up becoming a mini toy figure. even kept the heart-shaped locket I your hackles rise… The ges your curiosity… Skiing. I you wish you could erase… That I’m It would be a laugh to have one of wore in Four Weddings And A upward inflection that turns went for the first time last not a morning person, which is a Funeral. I was half of the Frightful those of me on a shelf. every statement year and spent a week long-standing joke in my family. I’m Folk Duo in Wedding One! into a falling 47 now and I actually quite love The philosophy that underpins your The biggest regret you wish you could question. down, but mornings. I’ve finally grown up. life… ‘Better do it than wish it done,’ I’m obsessed. is a phrase ingrained in my mind. I amend… Giving away my vinyl col- The film you can watch time and time The event that altered the course of lection to charity in 1990 when my think I picked it up in Nan’s kitchen. again… At the moment it’s Force The treasured item you lost and wish your life and character… Getting into head was turned by the CD revolution. Majeure, a dark Swedish comedy. you could have again… My nan Nora’s Cambridge University to read Eng- The order of service at your funeral… The temptation you wish you could kitchen at her house in Hoxton, east lish. It was exciting and inspiring and Lots of singing, poems, drinking and The person who has influenced you resist… Always being convinced I London. I visited every weekend until I gave me my best friends. some fireworks. Then throw my ashes most… Roger Parsley, my youth know better than Google Maps! was 16 and I learnt about life there. Our into the Atlantic in north Cornwall. theatre teacher at the Har- The song that means most to you… All As a result I’ve turned up family piled in every Saturday and I’d low Playhouse from when I the songs on Tom Waits’ album Clos- The way you want to be remembered… sweating and embarrassed listen to incredible conversations. Nan was 14. He encouraged us ing Time. My husband Barney [actor With love by those who loved me. to auditions. died seven years ago. Barnaby Kay] and I played it on a loop to improvise and write our The Split is on Tuesdays at during my pregnancy and after Harry The Plug… The book that holds an own stuff. Because of him The unending quest that drives you 9pm on BBC1. n arrived. That album is totally connect- everlasting reso I’m drawn to new writing. on… Being a good mum to Harry, 11. As told to Rob McGibbon nance… Gulliver’s ed with waiting to see our child. The figure from history for Most days I feel bad about getting Travels by Jonathan whom you’d most like to something wrong, so I go to bed vowing The way you would spend Swift. I read it aged buy a pie and a pint… to make a better job of it tomorrow. your fantasy 24 hours, 11 then studied it Boadicea would have some The poem that touches your soul… with no travel restric at Cambridge I’d walk along The fantastic anecdotes. I Carry Your Heart With Me by EE tions… and fell High Line greenway in Cummings. It lets you believe someone i n l ove The piece of wisdom you New York for coffee at the who has died can still be part of you. with it. would pass on to a child… Whitney Museum. Then Don’t worry about fitting The crime you would commit knowing I’d ski at Courchevel, in – it’s completely over- you could get away with it… I’d steal France, with Barney and Right: Boadicea. rated. Most people feel The Winged Victory of Samothrace Above right: ski Harry. We’d have spaghet- gear. Far right: like they’re out of step, so marble sculpture from The Louvre ti bolognese at Le Bel Air a gorilla in just have the conviction to and put it in my garden in Essex. It’s mountain restaurant, then Rwanda go your own way. completely beautiful. go to Iceland for a dip in y m a l Next week e, a m PS... l The final part of our
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