There is little information online about the actress Anya Chalotra, which is unsurprising considering she has only three screen credits to her name. Because the latest is a lead role in Netflix’s latest mega-budget fantasy spectacular, The Witcher, though, someone on the internet has obviously tried to fill the gap. Yet even point seven, in 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Anya Chalotra, is a rather sheepish “There’s not a lot of personal information on her at this time online”. Wow, you really are at the beginning, I tell the 23-year-old when we meet at Netflix’s headquarters.

“I am at the beginning, thank you,” she says happily. “That’s how I feel.” It’s tempting to call the British-Indian precocious: her small CV certainly suggests it. Those