Kim Crossman

The actor says there are certain “checks and balances” for teen actors today that didn't exist when she got her big break as Sophie McKay.

To listen to the full interview, in which Crossman also talks about faith, tarantulas, her obsession with The Queen and the difficulties of fame, go to But I would be an unhappy half-human if I didn’t take the risks that I take - with big risks come big rewards.” I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time… Seven years is a “really long time to be in a workplace” she notes, especially for her generation. “I felt like I had learnt all the lessons I could learn in that environment for that chapter of life and I’m a hungry girl with a lot of ambition and a lot of drive. there are certain checks and balances just with being on the telly that would be different now for 15- and 16-year-olds.