"I am a person with a learning disability. And I work for Mencap, which is the UK's leading learning disability charity," she says. "So my job at Mencap is to make sure people with a learning Disability are heard and listened to within Mencap." She adds: 'For me, obviously, I love it that you've got the actor Daniel Laurie, a Call of the Midwife' The actress has been shortlisted as a best actor in the TV choice awards.