The A-list star, 50, said she struggled with moving from Norwich to London in search of her big break, going to 100 auditions in her first year out of drama school and not securing a single role.
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Joe Lycett forgive me - last night I shunned The Great British Sewing Bee, after casually deciding to check out BBC Three comedy Starstruck around 8pm. and only emerging three hours later when I d consumed the WHOLE ADDICTIVE SERIES in tears.
If you ve missed the social media hype, Starstruck is BBC Three s latest half-hour comedy breakout show - all available on iPlayer (and, as mentioned, easily consumed within a good telly evening/Sunday hangover) or airing on Mondays at 10.45pm on BBC One.
The show is written by New Zealand comedian Rose Matafeo and her best friend, the comedy performer and writer Alice Snedden - it s directed by Karen Maine (who worked on Obvious Child, also great). Rose s Jessie is a 28-year-old Londoner, making ends meet with various casual jobs, living in a rental (a house split into nine) with her best friend and enjoying all the romantic ups and downs that brings (fuckboy Dan and a canal boat one night stand are some high/lowlights). In t