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‘I didn’t want to be AN ACTRESS’

Emilia Fox is part of one of the UK’s most famous families of actors, as the granddaughter of Robin Fox, daughter of Edward Fox and Joanna David, sister of Freddie Fox, and cousin of Laurence and Jack Fox. And while she’s now a successful actor in her own right, having starred as Dr Nikki Alexander in Silent Witness since2004, 45-year-old Emilia explains that the plan was never to enter the family business.

‘I shied away from acting and went to university’

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