Fiction became my REALITY
‘I’d gone into acting mode, I was fooling myself’
Feeling the studio lights warm my face, I leaned forward and delivered the lines I’d practised so many times before in rehearsals. ‘I’m sorry, but you’ve got breast cancer,’ I told the actress, Lesley Manville, as she sat in front of me.
It was July 2018, and as a jobbing actress, I’d had roles in EastEnders, Casualty and performed in the West End, but I was particularly excited about this role – playing a doctor in the film, Ordinary Love, starring Lesley and award-winning actor Liam Neeson as her on-screen husband.
The film was about a middle-aged married couple – Joan and Tom – as they faced
