She’s been hobnobbing with some of Hollywood’s finest since TV assassin Villanelle catapulted her to global fame.
But Killing Eve star Jodie Comer says she’s had to work twice as hard as everyone else because of her working-class roots.
The 27-year-old Liverpudlian actress also says that despite her success, she can’t stop feeling lucky.
“For me personally, self-belief counts for a lot, and perseverance,” Jodie says. “Especially coming from a working-class background, there is the notion that you are going to have to work much harder to be successful.
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“People are continuously being surprised by your capabilities.”
Before she hit the big-time, the BAFTA-winning actress worked at Tesco and collected glasses in a bar.
Speaking to a group of young women for the Girls Up campaign – a movement to advance girls’ skills, rights and opportunities to be leaders – Jodie says: “To this day, as a woman walking into a room, I have this feeling of being lucky to be there. I’m trying to shake that off.
“It’s so important that we encourage girls and allow them to command their own space and believe in themselves.”
Jodie is currently filming new Channel 4 drama Help, alongside Line of Duty star Stephen Graham.
The actress, who still lives at home with her parents, also offered girls advice to overcome disappointment.
“One thing I try to do is be grateful,” she says.
“I find if I’m upset, if something doesn’t go the way I wanted it to, I bring it back to how lucky I am.
"They’re my coping mechanisms.”
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