“I’m not famous, which generally is an absolute plus point, but if you’re on TV or someone knows who you are it can be quite helpful to a certain charity or certain cause.”

She seems as determined to make a difference in her work as she is outside of it. She is passionate about putting a stop to the brutal tailing off which so many actresses experience, when they are deemed too old to play certain parts. “I’m not going to be naive and say 'I’m going to be this busy all my life’, because to say work doesn’t dry up for women at a certain point is an under researched statement. Just look and you’ll see.

“But I don’t want to sit on my arse and do nothing about that.”