Annabelle Wallis

I was born in Oxford. I grew up in Cascais, Portugal.

I love Stephen Fry. His tweets are witty, poignant, and intelligent.

I'm interested in Patti Smith and women who were iconic in a very hedonistic way.

If I get a chance to dress up, I really go for it.

I love comedy, and I always wanted to go that way, but I felt so passionate about drama.

There's something amazing that happens when you don't have to think about how you look so much.

I'm a tomboy naturally; I grew up hanging up with boys.

It's wonderful to return to 'Peaky Blinders.' We're all here for the right reasons - to work and do justice to what's written on the page.

I love putting myself in sink-or-swim situations. You realize the human spirit is built to survive.

British period drama is always seen as kind of perfect and beautiful and lovely, but I don't think subcultures have been shone a light on like 'Peaky Blinders' has done.

I'm really cocky. Or - I've been thinking about this word a lot - I'm 'mischievous,' and I want to make light of things and push the boundaries.

I have way more bravery than common sense, but you always assume things are going to be so difficult, and then when you're actually faced with them, you prevail. It's human nature.

Most women I know are not actresses, but they work for the U.N. or are documentary filmmakers, anthropologists.

I'm a blagger by trade.

I remember telling people I booked this job; they were like, 'What is it called?' I was like, 'Peaky Blinders,' and they were like, 'What?' It sounds ridiculous, but I like it because there's an instant intrigue about the name.

I've always known I wanted to go into acting, but being a very proud teenager, I wasn't ready to admit it until I felt like it was going to be possible.

My mother had a very open-minded philosophy about having children: that they should be free to develop in their own way.

I like the idea that I come into a room, and you think you're dealing with one thing, but the truth is I'm very layered.

I grew up playing paintball and riding motorcycles and horses, so I really know how to rough and tumble.

I like to think that I represent myself as a strong woman, so to work with other strong women I find very inspiring.

People are so ready to cut you down if you take a risk and leave your comfort zone.

'The Tudors' was ground-breaking in the sense that it did ruffle the feathers of classical historians and alter the way people did period drama at the time.

I would never get married in a conventional way; I'd have the 'Curb' music as the union music.

I'm a shape shifter.

People in L.A. think I'm so posh. They think I live in 'Downton Abbey.'