Emily Atack

And my mum, bless her, she just couldn't cope.

And I, as a mother now and as an adult, I get it now.

And I was very angry at the time.

It was all very scary and very awful.

Because I was such a troubled teen, my poor parents, they just didn't know what to do with me a lot of the time.

And I was hanging around in the wrong crowds.

I was sexually active with older boys and men.

And that was very difficult for my parents.

And so...

I remember when my dad left, I remember at the time, and I've never actually told anybody this, but I was pregnant and I was very young and I was in this awful, abusive, horrible relationship and I fell pregnant.

And it was, it was just in the middle of all this kind of stuff going on with my mum and dad.

And I remember, I remember, I remember because all of that awful stuff was going on.

And obviously the pregnancy didn't, I've never spoken openly about how or what happened.

And I don't know if I'm ready to yet, but obviously that pregnancy didn't continue.

Exactly.

So, you know, my family was kind of falling apart and that was happening.

And I just felt very determined.

So when we moved into this flat, I remember little Martha looking at me and going, what are we going to do?

And I said, I'm going to become a famous actress.

I just said it.