I'm going to hide - I always do on my birthday, I never celebrate birthdays.

I'm half Moroccan and half Indian so I have quite an adventurous taste in food.

I was brought up a Muslim and I respect the religion I was born into, but I don't practise it. However, I do believe in thanking God for my happy life.

Sometimes I'll put on a Zig Ziglar tape: he's a motivational speaker who is really funny and really American. I know I should do the things he says, but I'm too cynical.

When I had my daughter and split up with her father six months later, I had a really hard time.

My father is Moroccan and I have fond childhood memories of holidays there.