What drew you to the project?

The script! Obviously I didn't have access to the entire script when I auditioned for the role but from the outline and the character description, it just sounded like a really interesting piece. And I'm Australian so to be able to work in the UK and to work on a piece that feels very British in its nature was something that appealed to me in a lot of ways.

Tell me about You Don't Know Me - what is the story?

At its core, it's very much a love story between Kyra and Hero, and their relationship is the catalyst for the plot and everything that happens. The story is about love in a myriad of ways and how that manifests - whether that be romantic love or familial love and the lengths you will go to for the people you love.

Who is Kyra?

Kyra is Hero's girlfriend. When we first met her, she's kind of I mean, she's a person who's had a very hard life and grown up in quite a difficult setting, and that's had an impact on her and the way she behaves. That’s forced her to become quite an introverted person in a lot of ways.

I think of her as a bit of a lone wolf at the start of the piece and very much self-reliant. Over the course of the story it's kind of beautiful the way you see her come out, and that is very much a product of her relationship with Hero. He brings out a lot of beautiful qualities in her that she had previously shut down. Overall she's someone who's very empathetic, someone who loves family, and cares very deeply about people. She loves books, she is a book fiend!

What do you think the books represent to Kyra?

Books are kind of a means of escape, a means of accessing realities or situations that you can't readily access in your personal life. And as someone who's obviously grown up in a very difficult situation, it's a means of escape for her. Each book has a very specific memory, and she remembers each book and where she was when she read them, and she associates them with different memories. They're very important to her.

How would you describe the relationship between Kyra and Bless?

She very much sees Bless as family, as a younger sister, and she feels quite a maternal sense towards Bless and is very protective of her. They have a kind of mutual understanding of each other that even Hero doesn't really have of Kyra or Bless in some ways. I feel like there's a deeper connection between the two of them.

What or who did you draw on to get a better understanding of your character?

I definitely watched a lot of things to become kind of immersed in the general world of the piece, but I don't know if I drew on anyone specifically. When I first got on set, Bukky who plays Bless, gave me a book, All About Love by Bell Hooks, and the preface in that is just incredible. I read it and was like, wow, this encapsulates the heart and soul of Kyra so well, her journey and everything in her life.

How important is family to her and also to you?

Family is everything to Kyra. Even as someone who has had quite a tumultuous relationship with her family and who's had quite an absence of family, I still think it's a vital part of who she is. In the show, you'll see the lengths she'll go to for her family and for the people she cares about. And as for me, I love my family. They are the best! I miss them so much.

What does the show represent to you?

It's all about love! It's all about love and the lengths you will go to for the people you love.

What did you do to master the London accent?

I had a dialect coach. It was the best experience ever because I love my dialect coach, she's like my best friend! So I've been pretty much doing that the entire process from pre-production till filming, doing a couple of hours every week and that encompasses a wide variety of things in terms of learning about intonation and vowel sounds. I think it's quite easy to nail the vowel sounds, but practically getting out of your Australian intonation and into a London intonation is really difficult. We looked at people like Michaela Cole, Little Simz, and listened to the way they talk and tried to emulate that. It's a whole journey.