When the board games came out of the cupboard when I was a kid, I had to beat my two brothers every time.

I live in dungarees, and I love denim - I wear denim shirts a lot.

I don't have an exact moment when I decided I wanted to be an actress - it kind of was just really a part of my growing up.

I'm such a geek now with princesses. It's pathetic.

I treated myself to a £700 Chloe bag after one of my first acting jobs. Then my friends pointed out that, for the same money, I could buy a flight to India. So I took it back.

Diet Coke is the only way I get through filming because I get so tired.

To be honest, when I was growing up - I think it's because of Kate Winslet and 'Titanic' - I always wanted to do period.

I love clothes but it's a struggle for me to get out of jeans and a baggy jumper.

I saw Cate Blanchett in 'Big and Small,' and it was mind-blowing. The fact that she can do theatre and is also a huge movie star is really exciting.

For exams, I swotted so hard because I couldn't bear the thought of not coming first.

I think Beyonce always looks great.

Corsets are always hard to wear.

I really want to play interesting roles, but you want to work, so it's a balancing game.

I want to be Ursula in 'The Little Mermaid.'

My first paid role was my first job out of drama school, which was 'Just William.' It was a BBC TV show. I played Ethel.

I think everyone can feel like an outsider. I know I have. I've always felt like one.

In regards to your love life, you're just entering into a whole of pain if you talk about it. If you've never said anything, there are no sound bites to haunt you when you're crying into a box of Kleenex after it all goes wrong.

Ultimately, 'Cinderella' is the story of the underdog. You root for her in this fairytale; the girl who has nothing, deserves so much more, and gets it.

Sadly, I've never met Princess Kate.

Why do women always get pointed at for their bodies?

God, I used to have really skinny-crap eyebrows. They were such an ugly disaster.

I really have been lucky because I've always had a very healthy attitude to my body.

The world of the flapper - live free, wild and young - that energy is intoxicating. It's nice to inject that into the more controlled 'Downton' way of living.

Any kid in the world can draw from strengths within - we all have the potential with that.