On a couple of days break from filming the new BBC series My Mother and Other Strangers in Belfast, the waiflike 33-year-old blonde met with our writer Olaf Tyaransen in the upstairs lounge of the Westbury Hotel.

The actress's movie roles have ranged from small parts in features like Albert Nobbs, Breakfast On Pluto and When Harvey Met Bob to leads in Sherry Horman's 3096 Days, Ivan Kavanagh's The Canal and Kieran Evans' Kelly + Victor.

"What is interesting about a career as an actor, is you never know what something's gonna be until it's done", Antonia observes.

"You can have a feeling about it and all you can do is go with that feeling, and certain elements like the people you're working with - and whether they inspire you and what they've done before. Then take a leap of faith and jump in- and sometimes it's the right one and sometimes it isn't."

"That's what's amazing about my job", the actress explains, "if you get the opportunity to keep going. But that's why I think I'm slightly different to a lot of actresses, because I don't think age is in anyway limiting to me. i think that my career will continue to be interesting and strange and varied and evolving."

Antonia also expands on happiness, being a loner by nature and her life in the fashion industry prior to her acting career.

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