I'm from a salt-of-the-earth, working-class, northern background. My dad's a steelworker and a firefighter, and my mum is a secretary for the NHS.

We are a typical working class northern family, big into our football... no one in the family was into acting. But I remember seeing a panto when I was about six and thinking, 'Yeah... I wouldn't mind doing that.'

We come from a tough, working class background, so we're very tight.

It's part of the magic of 'Game of Thrones,' all the secrets.

I worked in a restaurant and in a nightclub cloakroom.

I like that about London. It comes together when it needs to, and it has magic.