In my twenties, when I left drama school and started going on auditions, at a time when I was in the full bloom of youth and supposedly at my peak, I had really bad skin. No smooth porcelain complexion for me, but rather lots of tiny little bumps all over my face, many of which would erupt into full-blown spots. A nightmare, as you can imagine.

Added to this was the fact I was a serious sun worshipper. Growing up in Africa, I had lain in the sun from my mid-teens, frying my skin until it went a dark mahogany brown. Then, in my mid-twenties, I started getting some serious pigmentation, as dark blotches began to spring up around my face.

In those…

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