Does she think that there are enough interesting lead roles for women to go around? ‘I think there is an enormous appetite for great roles for women,’ she says.

‘You can see that clearly with things like The Hunger Games. There is a huge audience. Also I think Lena Dunham is such a force when it comes to talking about female roles. She is a trailblazer – someone who really has made the path easier for the rest of us.’

As a huge fan of Girls, Felicity says when she met Lena she begged her for a part: ‘Whatever she wanted me to do I said I would do it’. The result was a cameo role in the third series playing Dottie, the daughter of Richard E Grant’s Jasper.

In terms of future projects, Felicity is keen to do some theatre. ‘I would love to work with my brother on something at some point, too,’ she adds.

Early next year she has another film out, an adaptation of the Patrick Ness novel, A Monster Calls, for which she worked with Liam Neeson and Sigourney Weaver. She plays a mother diagnosed with a terminal illness and it will come as no surprise to anyone that the film is already generating Oscar buzz.