English actress, best known for roles in movies like Hawks, Tideland, The Woman in Black, Tumbleweeds and Albert Nobbs. In looksmart she said "I'm six feet tall" and in a 2012 Deadline article said "I'm 6 foot and a half-inch".
It's been one of the great mysteries of my career. Here I am, six foot one with a striking, strong face and people walk right past me. I mean, how many six foot broads are there for God's sake?
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Oddly enough, I've always been very confident about [my height] as an actor. I didn't used to be as a girl. When I was young, I was very short and then I suddenly grew seven inches in a year when I was 13. I remember one morning practising on my piano and crying because I was half an inch taller than the boy I fancied.
I've been tall all my life! But I think it probably helps from the perspective of the writers, because if you're tall and you have a voice like an old transvestite then you automatically have presence.
-- The Western Mail (Jan 17, 2009)
