“If you start doing a television or a film job and you suddenly think it's a mistake - the director's horrible or the people you work with aren't very kind, or whatever - it's much easier to deal with because it's in bite-sized chunks. You do it, you go home.”

British actress

Lesley Sharp is a British actress. She became widely known for playing Detective Constable Janet Scott in the ITV crime series Scott & Bailey, which ran from 2011 to 2016. Her screen work also includes Rita, Sue and Bob Too, The Rachel Papers, Naked, Priest, The Moonstone, Great Expectations, Daylight Robbery, Clocking Off, From Hell, Vera Drake, Afterlife, This Cop Life, The Full Monty, and Pillion. Her career spans film and television across several decades.