My big year

My preoccupations at 16 were, I think, twofold. Firstly, passing my exams to get to university. I was really, really focused on that. But secondly, it was round about that age that I started to get re

→ What was your standout moment of 2025? I took my kids to watch Wales play at the Women’s Euros in Switzerland. When I first started taking an interest in the Welsh women’s football team they would g

We can’t predict exactly how you’ll be feeling as the year comes to a close, but our best guess is that you’ll be in need of a breather. Because for many of us, 2025 has not been painless. Political t

→ What have been your personal standout moments of 2025? I’ve loved the variety of roles. In Karen Pirie I’m often told to rein it in a bit, while with The Ridge I was told to absolutely go for it, ma

→ What have been your cultural highlights of 2025? At the David Lean Cinema we’ve been doing All of Us Strangers walks this year. So there is a sort of pilgrimage walk to all the locations. And there’

→ What has been your standout moment of 2025? Our film keeps taking us to all sorts of interesting places. We got to go to Sundance, Nashville and Munich. Watching it with a thousand people in Sundanc