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Tamzin Outhwaite

Profession : Actress

Birth : November 5, 1970

Sciences were not my favourite subjects at school. I preferred English, drama, music, and history.

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When I came out of school, my mum was one of the youngest mums waiting at the gate. She was the cool mum on the block.

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I like to have a reason to change my hair. I'm not very good at saying, 'I think I'm going to do something else with my hair now.' I like a character to lead it that way.

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The idea of going back to school and revising for exams would be hellish. As an actor, my form of revising is learning scenes, but to start going through biology, chemistry, and all of those sciences would be just a nightmare.

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I don't want to be moaning about getting older or being overweight. I just want to focus on being happy and healthy.

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My mum was the worst time-keeper, and she never worried about the house being spotless, so it was always the place where all my mates wanted to hang out.

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Chasing perfection can make you go mad.

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We work in a business where you feel you always have to say yes because you never know when you will work again. But I found myself questioning that paranoia, which I'd grown up with ever since I started working in the theatre in my late teens.

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If I grow older like my mum, I'll be happy. She's never touched her face. She has laughter lines but looks lovely.

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I've always had a thing about Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, and Imelda Staunton. I'm hoping to follow in their footsteps.

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While the kids are little, I want to maintain a job, keep a roof over their heads, and make them proud. I want them to have good female role models in their life.

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I love nice fabrics and texture like velvet and silk, and have a special Moroccan corner in my house to curl up and read in.

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I have Italian heritage, so I'm keen to go over for a few months with the girls and soak up the culture and the food. I'd like us all to learn Italian together as a family - it's something I've been saying for years.

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I love any type of cheese, preferably on a large board with a glass of Chateauneuf-du-Pape.

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I actually did an upholstery course a little while ago and have a brand-new sewing machine with my name on it, ready to start tearing apart the soft furnishings in my house.

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My dad came from quite a poor background, so we were made to understand the value of money from an early age, and because of that, I always wanted to be self-sufficient and earn my own money.

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I had a Saturday job in Barratts shoe shop at the age of 15.

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I was quite canny when I was doing 'EastEnders,' so the money went into property. I made sure that I didn't blow it all.

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If anything, I would say the movies I've done have been very low paid. TV work and voice-overs have been more lucrative.

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I didn't enjoy being pregnant. You feel particularly ungraceful.

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