It's very exciting at the moment. I'm taking the next step up the ladder. Hollyoaks was brilliant, but not something I wanted to be in for a very long time. So what do you want to do now?
Anything in television or film that means I can challenge myself a bit more. I really like period dramas, which need a completely different style of character. What about a European art-house film where you just stand around in the nude, smoking?
No, I'm not an arty type, and I'm not into the whole nudity thing. Why not?
I'm just very reluctant to take my clothes off. Which might be a little disappointing for Maxim readers. What if the role demanded it?
I don't think there's any point in a film where you necessarily have to take your clothes off, unless of course you're in porn. Which Idefinitely won't be doing. Jesus. OK, but what if Steven Spielberg said, 'I want you to play the lead alien in ET 2, but when you leave the mothership you have to be naked for a few seconds?
I'd say to him, 'You know what? There'll never be a better ET, so let's not even bother making ET 2 But being an attractive, new-ish actress, aren't you mainly going to be offered parts where your body will be on display?
I don't want to be portrayed like that. I'd prefer people to say, she's a really shit or a really good actress, not 'her boobs aren't that great'. I'd want an opinion on my performance. So you've got integrity?
I'd like to think so, yeah. That's disappointing. OK, which actress would you like to be like?
Julia Roberts. She's so talented. What's your favourite film, and can you do a line from it now?
Erm, Pretty Woman, and (puts on a Julia Roberts voice) 'You work on commission, right? Big mistake. Huge. You don't know that bit, do you? Unfortunately, yes. So, you go out with Kian from Westlife - do youhave a nice craic?
Yeah, we have a great craic together. If your boyfriend was takeaway food, what food would he be?
He'd be a pizza, 'cos we always eat pizza! That's crap, isn't it? Fairly. Did you ever kill a hamster?
(Long pause) How did you know? Because you confessed to it in your last interview with us.
Oh God, yeah! No, let's just leave that, all right? Yeah, but you told us to fuck off when we asked you about it, which caused us loads of trouble.
What trouble? Well, Hollyoaks didn't want us to write 'fuck', so we had to negotiate various word replacements. We had 'cock off'...
Cock off! I like that. ... but ended up agreeing to 'shit off', which is very odd. It made you sound like Alan Partridge.
Yeah, that's awful. But they did tell me to watch my language. And all I actually said was 'Oh, fu...', then stopped myself, if you remember. We couldn't help finishing it off. Anyway, do you do voices for animals when you're at the zoo?
Er, no. I might put on a baby voice: (puts on an annoying voice) 'Ooerbleurur!' What animal are you most like?
At the moment I feel like a lion, because I'm ready to attack. So the film world is your gazelle?
That's right. Can you give us a roar?
No, I can't. When you look in the mirror, do you ever get that weird thing of, 'Wow, that's me and I'm alive'?
Oh my God, yeah! I didn't know anyone else got that! Isn't that weird? I was talking to someone the other day about what happens when you die - you think your personality can't ever die, but one day your body will just stop working, and that's it. Is it true you play the drums?
I try. I've got a drumkit in my bedroom. You should form an all-girl rock band called Three Victorias And Albert.
Why Victoria? As in the Victoria & Albert museum. She was the former Queen, Albert was her consort.
Oh, right. But it still sounds shit.I think I'll stick to acting.
Final question: if you were homeless and injured, and couldn't contact your boyfriend or family, would you turn to us?
To Maxim? Q:Of course. There'll always be a cage here for you.
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