She's starred in roles across theatre, television and film, including The Inbetweeners Movie, Drifters, Plebs, I Live with Models and Women in Power. Lydia Rose Bewley speaks to Jessica Challoner-Sterland about her journey as an actress and why she's now in a new phase of her career.
I'd yet to meet someone with that certain confidence, the kind who instantly lights up a room as soon as they walk in, that was until the day I met Lydia Rose Bewley. If you've watched her on-screen or on-stage, you'd know what I mean. She's humble, friendly and of course, hilarious.
The 33-year-old is now settled in London with her partner Tom, their baby boy Bill and sausage dog Pam, although, she admits that she's a country girl at heart and regularly comes back home to visit her parents at their farm in Leicestershire where she and her three brothers grew up.
Lydia was educated at Our Lady's Convent School in Loughborough, and Oakham School, Rutland. Having always known she wanted to become an actress, more specifically after watching Pride and Prejudice on repeat at age 11 and performing in the likes of Bugsy Malone, it was at the age of 18 that she bagged a place at Oxford School of Drama: "It was super intense. All my friends were at university and going out every night. I was up every morning 7am until 6pm, dressed in blacks with no make-up, but I loved it.