People tell me that Hollywood loves new faces, but I don't know. They're probably just being nice.
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“My maternal grandmother, Penelope, was a very big figure in my life. She was a child of the Raj, born in India, a debutante who hobnobbed with royals, then married a Canadian, Bill Aitken, who became MP for Bury St Edmunds.”
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