One day, when I was nine, my primary school teacher told my mum to enrol me in Nomads, the theatre group in Newmarket, where I grew up. At the time, I also did cricket as a hobby, but when I started doing cartwheels in the field, I realised I should probably pursue performing. My love of musical theatre came from singing, and then acting and dancing were skills I adopted.
There is nobody else in my family who works in theatre, so I didn't really know if it was sustainable or doable as a career. I studied Dance, Drama and English at Sixth Form, and then interviewed for a number of drama schools; I ended up doing a foundation course at Mountview.
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