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Even though Angela’s mum had a tough childhood, she grew up with a positive mindset and always liked to try and turn a negative into a positive. “I feel no need to be like a thin person, but you've got to be healthy. How can I make this situation better?’ And she's absolutely passed that onto me a hundred thousand percent.”. I used to love playing banks: going to the TSB with my mum, and picking up handfuls of pink paying-in slips, and turning them into play money. Griffin was an infant when her parents divorced. He is 10 years older than her. I was working in Coronation Street, so I was back and forth to Manchester all the time. I want to still be able to go on a European city break with me husband and walk around every week everywhere without having to sit down and take breaks. She is from a blended family: there were three children from my grandad’s first marriage, three from my nanna’s first marriage and four they had together. What if they turn out to say ‘You're not in it anymore?’ And then I've got rid of my job that pays me a hundred quid a week at Burger King.”. And then she taught office skills. My parents divorced when I was four. Pretty much all my memories have him in them. “I'd wanted to be an actor, but I didn't realise you can really make money from it,” she explained. Fri 15 Jul 2016 13.00 BST Angela knew from a young age that she wanted to be an actor but coming from a non-showbiz family, where her mum was a secretary and her step-dad was a cleaner, she was taught to have a back-up plan. “I've always got to know that there's a backup plan - and then that allows me the calmness to carry on with Plan A. I think my mum was like that. “I don't want to be a size 10,” she told Kate. Make sure you've got your office skills, make sure you've got GCSEs. When asked by Kate what her best piece of mum advice was, Angela revealed her mum always told her to make sure she had her bus fare home. I don’t have an overwhelming urge to go to the island where my father was born. My girls are the same with my best friends, calling them Auntie Lili and Auntie Nicnic – they see more of them than of my blood relatives. The idea of slowing down is absolutely terrifying!”, Kate Thornton wears:Red Military Roll Neck Jumper, £50, SENSO Aurora White Leather Trainers, £160, Angela Griffin wears:Purple Animal Print Tie Front Midi Dress, £89. Here are a few other pearls of wisdom that Angela’s mum Sheila passed on. In fact, the Leeds-born actress’s career has gone from strength to strength, going from the cobbles to starring opposite huge names like Rob Lowe and Idris Elba. “I didn't realise how much confidence I was given until I meet people who haven't gotten it,” she said. “My mum is the person who absolutely shaped me, absolutely shaped my mindset,” she said. Last modified on Tue 19 Dec 2017 21.03 GMT. “My mum, to me, is the most amazing person in the whole wide world. Tallulah Milligan, 15, looks set to follow her actress mum, Angela Griffin, into show business. She came from nothing.”, A post shared by Angela (@theangelagriffin) on Jul 14, 2019 at 4:19am PDT. When Angela suffered from racial abuse at school, her mum told her all those people saying nasty things about her spent hundreds of pounds going to Spain so they could look just like her. Angela Griffin: ‘She’s ace, my mum – a grounded, down-to-earth Yorkshirewoman’ We had a huge family get-together in Leeds in May, and my mum, … The actress went on to recall how the first time she became aware of how she looked was while working on TV. In fact, Angela is so prepared that she always carries around a bag that contains a whole stash of goodies including deodorant, a needle and thread and £10 so that she’s never caught short. How Captain America is taking on Trump with only 19 days until the election, Trump on his debt and taxes: ‘I don’t owe money to any of these sinister people’, A post shared by Angela (@theangelagriffin), Purple Animal Print Tie Front Midi Dress, £89. However, she has a very realistic approach and instead of being obsessed with clothes size, she wants to make sure she’s healthy. Unlike many child actresses, her career hasn’t resulted in a stint at rehab or a career meltdown. I do remember the car ride to the airport to see my dad off to New York. I had passed my driving test and had a car. “Always have your bus fare home was my mum's motto to me,” she laughed, “and she meant that practically and metaphorically.”. She doesn't sit and feel sorry for herself. What makes my mum proud of me and my brothers is that we moved out and can look after ourselves. That’s how it was with Auntie Linda, who was my mum’s best friend. The actress credits her mum with giving her a great go-getting attitude. We had a huge family get-together in Leeds in May, and my mum, Sheila, discovered she wasn’t the eldest child after all. “I didn't really let go [of her job in Burger King] until I had to because you just never know. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies.

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Angela says she loves having a Plan B as, in her insecure career, it gives her an anchor. Listen now on iTunes and Spotify. “I couldn't even tell you what size I was when I was younger” she said. And she’s no prouder of me than she is of them. Information about your device and internet connection, including your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Verizon Media websites and apps. He was from Nevis, and they married in 1967 when she was 19. She is out in the world and absolutely loves it. I enjoyed the independence so much, I thought, “Right, I want a place of my own.” I signed the deeds on my 18th birthday and moved into a new starter house in Leeds. I don't understand!’ And that was the first time I think I ever went, ‘Oh God, I've got to think about how I look.’”. Hear Angela talk more about her attitude to life and why her friendship with Lisa Faulkner and Nicola Stephenson is so precious on the latest episode of The Attitude. “Tracy Shaw, who obviously has very publicly battled eating disorders, [was a co-star] and they'd bring all these outfits and they’d fit her. Auntie Linda, who took me to drama classes at Leeds Children’s Theatre from when I was five, was one of those aunts who is not actually related to you at all.

My mum wanted us independent, happy and healthy. And I’ve got a soon-to-be-12-year-old who is working on location on her own. Wearing secondhand clothes as a child means I can’t do vintage. Speaking on The Attitude, she told podcast host Kate Thornton her mum has been the driving force in her outlook and journey through life. I don't want to slow down. • Brief Encounters, starring Angela Griffin, is on Mondays at 9pm on ITV, Available for everyone, funded by readers. So she got her GCSEs and her mum also taught her how to touch type. My mum had lots of jobs to support the family: Cadbury was my favourite. Find out more about how we use your information in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. Fantastic. “The first time weight and what I looked like really came to mind when I was in Coronation Street and we’d do photoshoots” she recalled.