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KERRY HOWARD plays the young Hyacinth Bucket in a revival of Keeping Up Appearances called Young Hyacinth, which is available to watch on the BBC iPlayer. She made her name playing Laura in the TV comedy Him And Her, and has appeared in everything from Doc Martin to the updated Reggie Perrin. The sister of comedian Russell Howard, Laura is married and has a two-year-old son.
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IT’S SET IN THE ’50S. COULD YOU HAVE SURVIVED THEN? Survived? community,I would everyone have went preferredto churchit. There and was lookeda sense after of each other. I would have preferred it.
WHAT’S THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE YOU’VE BEEN GIVEN?
Don’t think about it – just do it!
WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF AS AN ACTRESS OR A
COMIC ACTRESS? An actress. I only got in to comedy to get an agent and no one is more surprised than I am that it’s become a career. But I wouldn’t say no to some Shakespeare or a meaty drama.
WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE ACTOR OR ACTRESS? Julie Walters. Anyone can do the modern natural acting thing like Made In Chelsea or TOWIE because it’s not acting at all. But Julie can become a grotesque, a completely different person. Now that’s acting. She’s my icon.
FAVOURITE COMEDIAN EVER?
My brother Russell, left, or Lee Evans.
IS WRITING COMEDY HARDER THAN
ACTING IT? Yes. I’ve written what I thought was great stuff and then the commissioners and others block it, so you then start writing what others want which is wrong. I’ve had to learn to write with my own voice and if they don’t like it then bad luck. YOU HAVE 24 HOURS LEFT TO LIVE. HOW DO YOU SPEND IT? I would be shameless, running around nude shouting: “Look at my chest”. I’d put it on social media because I wouldn’t be around to deal with the shame.