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ready for whatever knocks may come my way.' For Naomie, the biggest 'knock' would come in the form of inter-personal conflict. 'I hate the thought of upsetting someone and I positively shy away from confrontation,' she says. But BELIEVE IT OR NOT, that only seems to apply to her I'M NOT SOMEONE personal life because when it comes down to business, she WHO LIKES TO BE IN admits she's like a dog with a bone. THE LIMELIGHT, SO 'Dawn French said to me at the IT'S BIZARRE THAT beginning of my career, "Make ACTING IS MY sure you develop and maintain a PROFESSION. thick skin" and it's the single most important piece of advice I've ever been given. At the end of the day, it's my career, and I need to look after it.' And it's a tactic that seems be working, as Naomie has gone from one box office success to another. But it's not always about the next Hollywood blockbuster; sometimes it's simply because she feels a story needs to be told. C HARAC TER D EVELOPMENT Her latest project, Moonlight, is a powerful film about a young boy's coming of age. She plays his crack-addict mother in a gripping performance she had to dig deep for. 'The part scared me because it's everything I'm not,' she says. 'I don't smoke, I've never taken drugs, I've never been drunk - I don't even like the taste of alcohol, but the script made me cry and I knew I had to do it.' After the big-budget movies she's become accustomed to, Moonlight was very different. 'I normally have a trailer with a bed and each department has its own bus. But with this film, everything was just piled in together and we all had to queue to take turns on this one little wobbly chair! It was a huge bonding experience for everybody. We all knew why we were there - and it certainly wasn't for the pay cheque. We were there for the art and it was brilliant.' While Naomie loves the creativity of acting, it's the other side of the industry she finds difficult. 'Believe it or not, I'm not someone who likes to be in the limelight,' she says, 'so it's bizarre that acting is my profession. I love forming the personalities of the characters I play, finding out what makes them tick and who they really are. But when it's just me, and I'm expected to put all the make-up on, wear a posh frock and walk a red carpet, I'm not at all comfortable. I often wish I had a twin who could do all that for me.' NAOMIE'S FORMULA FOR LIVING WELL 22 FAMILY Having decided to keep her personal and professional lives separate, Naomie has yet to be photographed on the red carpet with anyone other than her male co-stars, who are inevitably billed as her new love interest. From Orlando Bloom to Chris Evans, Naomie has supposedly dated them all, but she won't reveal who the lucky man in her life today really is. 'My first publicist advised me never to talk about my love life,' she says. 'She had another client who declared to the world how in love she was, only to be jilted at the altar. Nobody wanted to know about her new movie, only how she felt about being dumped.' Naomie Harris and her mum, Carmen. 'We are very close,' Naomie says. 'I have a lot to be thankful to her for.' A LEISURELY LIFE? Naomie hopes one day soon she'll be able to lead a more normal life; by leaving London for the peace of the countryside, settling down and enjoying life at a more leisurely pace. 'That's my happy-ever-after,' she admits. 'But I honestly don't know if this insatiable drive and ambition will ever leave me.' Carmen nods and smiles knowingly... like mother, like daughter. B Moonlight is on general release from 21 October CHALLENGES WORRY BALANCE October 2016 HEALTH FULFILMENT

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