Simon Pegg kicked me in the arse
Metaphorically speaking, you understand. I’d been going on and on to my husband about “Shaun of the Dead” for ages so finally I went to the video store and rented it. It was a depressing experience. Not, I hasten to add, because it wasn’t a good movie – on the contrary I laughed my arse off and so did my old man – but because it made me realize just how much I’d not been concentrating on my career. Simon has worked his skinny butt off ever since we...
Read MoreFunnest job ever
I’ve had three days on “The Good Times Are Killing Me” and I can safely say that this is the funnest job ever. This is what I look like after I’ve brushed my hair – lush. Kelly Rowan couldn’t be more gracious, warm and friendly. Rupert Graves is as mad as a box of frogs and preposterously fun to work with. Vincent Walsh and Ali Craig make me homesick for Ireland and Scotland and Aaron Abrams is just a doll. I haven’t laughed so much in an ensemble piece...
Read MoreI have scary clown hair
So here it is – me with my great new hair. And eyebrows. I have ginger eyebrows. And a very scabby scalp, owing to the fact that I had three or four loads of gloop plopped on my bonce. My husband finds it strangely alluring, but he didn’t see it today – very dry and frizzy. Etheline the hair lady on the movie is going to be delighted – she wanted it super-frizzy and gross. God, I love my job – seriously! Getting paid to dress up and pretend to be other people?...
Read MoreGoing blonde!
I had my costume call for “The Good Times are Killing Me” this afternoon and they’re going to dye my hair blonde with nice brown two-month-old roots – I think I’m getting my eyebrows dyed as well. Sweet! My costume is super-skanky too, so I’m going to look like a retarded whore. I’m excited. Thank God I’m not one of those actresses who demands to look pretty all the time. I think my muffin top is making a guest appearance. I may have to wear a hat...
Read MoreHoly cow – I’m in a movie!
Blimey charlie – it’s true! I landed a part in a movie of the week with Kelly Rowan – Kirsten Cohen from the OC! (My thirteen-year-old step-daughter will no doubt want an autograph.) I auditioned for it a few weeks ago and, to be honest, didn’t think it was going to come off, but today I got the call from my agent. I’m absolutely chuffed to bits. My role is a dreamy treat – a Brummie pikey! Finally I get to play my own accent. Jane is a hopeless alcoholic...
Read MoreMarilla who?
I am a British-born actress and stand-up comic who does lots of voice work (for commercials, cartoons and corporate clients) and sometimes, when I'm very lucky, tv and film. When I was in England I did mostly theatre. Now I'm in Canada I spend the majority of the time writing and performing stand-up. When I'm not making episodes of Talking Bollocks, that is. And that's me for you.