‘there was a fire in me when i learned what women go through’

As a whirlwind awards season gets under way, Bazaar meets the talented women behind the year’s most exciting film and television projects

BACK IN THE BAND WE PREDICT A RIOT ...

THE YEAR IS PROVING TO BE A BIG ONE FOR BREAKOUT STARS OF FILM AND TV, FROM WUTHERING HEIGHTS TO HAMNET TO INDUSTRY AND BRIDGERTON . HERE, THEY WEAR THE SPRING/SUMMER RUNWAY SEASON’S STANDOUT HITS

Actor Jill Halfpenny on losing loved ones, leaving London and moving to the seaside, and starting a podcast

WHEN LILY ALLEN RETURNED WITH WEST END GIRL , HER FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM, THE WORLD COULD TALK ABOUT NOTHING ELSE. THE OPEN MARRIAGE, THE DOJO, MADELINE! NOW, IN THE WAKE OF HER MOST SUCCESSFUL RELEASE YET, SHE INVITES LOTTE JEFFS OVER FOR TEA TO DISCUSS HOW IT CHANGED HER FOR THE BETTER

Helen Flanagan has revealed that sexualised storylines she was given in Corrie as a teenager before the ‘Me Too’ movement made her feel uncomfortable. Helen was just 16 when her character Rosie Webste