Nathalie Emmanuel is keeping her head held high, after telling anyone that looks down on soap actors to ‘suck it’.
The 30-year-old knows all too well what it’s like to be on a soap set, after getting her big break in Hollyoaks as Sasha Valentine.
Since then, she’s become known for being Daenerys Targaryen’s number two, Missandei, in Game of Thrones and has starred in both the Maze Runner and Fast & Furious franchises.
So, she is more than justified to hit back at those claiming soap actors don’t work as hard as Hollywood’s finest and recently argued that she thinks such a notion is totally untrue.
In fact, she has no time for anyone saying such a thing and told soap snobs to ‘suck it’ and it looks like she’s pretty pleased with herself.
Nathalie couldn’t wipe the smile from her face as she left BBC Studios in London on Wednesday. You tell ’em, girl.
The beauty was causally dressed in a pleated leather skirt and knee-high boots, and, quite fittingly, wore a jumper that had ‘who dares wins’ across the front.
In an interview with The Guardian she had tackled soap criticism and explained that some of her hardest moments as an actor had come from her time working on Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks, which saw her character battle a heroin addiction.
‘I came into work and somebody was really unwell, so we shot a different scene. It was when my mum died in the show. I was like, ‘Hang on a minute.’ I had to bring out performances I hadn’t had time to really get into.’
‘Anyone who says anything about soap stars can suck it as far as I’m concerned.’
She also defended actors who take on other jobs between auditions in roles and pointed out that work onscreen is never guaranteed.
Nathalie said: ‘If you’re privileged enough to be born into a family who can financially support your creative dreams, that’s amazing. But not everybody has that.’
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