oh maybe she won't hear it I'll do a phone I'll do phone
oh hello say how much I appreciate you and I love
you very much and you are my chosen inspirational woman for today [Music]
ahh you're going to make me cry I think this is where we had our very first audition together so today we're
here to celebrate International women's day so one of the reasons
I love Malory Towers is because it's full of amazing young women and girls
we're here to celebrate international Women's Day 2023 so what is international women's day it celebrates the achievements of
women Champions female empowerment and gender equality falls on the 8th of March and first took
place in 1911 over 100 years ago and every year it has its own theme for 2023 it's Embrace equity
what does international women's day mean to you I think it means for me appreciating and
empowering the women around me who support me I grew up around a lot of women so I get
to appreciate how much they've done for me and I'm really grateful that they're in my
life and I think International women's day is a really amazing opportunity for us to
remind ourselves that we're strong women and we're amazing and we can do anything
so is there a particular woman or girl in your life that inspires you and why
it would be female writers that I really look up to whether that be Jane Austen whose work is
still highly celebrated in classrooms today but also someone like Malory Blackman whose work is
more modern and really special because of the way it makes you feel it makes you feel like
when you're reading it it is for you I love my mom she is amazing she is so strong hello hi she
is such an inspiration to not only her friends to my extended family and to me and my sisters
especially she's just she's amazing she's very cool um I just want to say how much I appreciate
you and I love you very much and you are my chosen inspirational woman for today [Music]
one person I admire is my friend called Mishka she's the same age as me and we both go to the
same dance school she is absolutely I have to say one of the most talented girls I know
my main thing I admire about her is that she sets out her goals and she meets them every
time I feel so lucky to have been able to be surrounded by so many strong women like on set
for example our director Tracy on our show is just the most amazing woman I mean to be able
to watch her control that crazy environment she does it with so much Poise and confidence
but also kindness and empathy in the words of Miss Grayling from series one what makes your
character a good sound woman the world can lean on I do admire my character a lot I think she's
not afraid to make mistakes and she makes a lot and she does make a lot but she kind of owns them
um and uses each of them to learn and I think that's really valuable Gwen is a working progress
and it's important to see people like Gwen I think because she isn't perfect and although
we all strive to be the best one we can every day we're not perfect one thing I love about
Sally is the fact that she's had a lot of growth even though her personality was naturally quite
quiet if there was ever something that she needed to talk about or something that she
wanted to protest about if she was defending her best friend Daryl she would do it no matter what
she'd come out of her comfort zone as she'd do it so my character she stands up for her friends and
family really no matter what no matter if it's a teacher or another student she really does not
care she fights for justice and she always tries to do the right thing she's very inspirational
and I really do take a lot from her so you were 12 when you were cast in the first series of
Malory Towers if you could give one piece of advice to your younger self what would it be
to not be so afraid and anxious of asking questions because it is quite a scary thing
and I remember even now sometimes I struggle with it but I think particularly when I was 12 worrying
about making mistakes is a big thing and I think the more courageous you are to ask those questions
and be inquisitive the more you learn I think just take all the opportunities that come your
way and embrace them with open arms because you really never know what could happen and
I think from doing that you're really unlock all of the exciting things you've got in store for you
and don't forget so you can watch full episodes of the series on BBC iPlayer
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