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London-born actress Kate Phillips came to prominence playing Jane Seymour in the BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novel Wolf Hall. She has since appeared in the 2016 adaptation of War & Peace on BBC One and Netflix’s The Crown, is in the BBC television series Peaky Blinders and portrays Mary, Princess Royal in the film version of Downton Abbey. She lives with her boyfriend and their cat in North London.

Where do you live and why?

For the last 10 years I’ve lived in more or less the same area in London – Barbican, Aldgate East, Hoxton and now Highbury & Islington. It’s one of my favourite pockets of London because you’re in the city within moments, but you

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