So here I am at a new house, starting my new life in a place hopefully no one will recognise me.

I am Lola Nieto, former actress and daughter of a relatively well-known director. Following one of the most stressful and emotionally draining experiences of my life, I removed myself from the hustle and bustle of C-lister life to start afresh.

I left over half of my life savings behind for my parents, and used a large portion of what I had to buy a nice house in the middle of what looks like nowhere. After deciding to skip out on hiring a moving van in case people noticed me and blabbed, I realised I also had to leave a huge amount of my stuff.

So here I am at a new house, with hardly anything, starting my new life in a place where no one knows my name or my face.

I’m not sure what I am going to do for a living – but I know for sure that it won’t be acting. I am ready to settle with my head down for the forseeable future. Perhaps I will try my hand at writing, or making music, or even just working at the book shop. But – for now, at least – I am going to try and live a normal, happy life.

And I have a feeling I’m going to enjoy it.