Be sure to get tomorrow’s Grazia UK for a small clipping of Holliday promoting the Belstaff podcast.

The star of hit BBC thriller The Capture suggested she has found life “gets harder” as she grows older.

Grainger, 32, who also starred alongside Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander in the film adaptation of the novel Tulip Fever, told The Road Less Travelled podcast by fashion brand Belstaff: “I never suffered from any kind of anxiety but then I feel like this is, the more I talk to people my age, the more like, oh god, you know, things just get harder, don’t they?”

The actor, who also starred in Strike – the 2017 drama series based on the crime novels by Harry Potter author JK Rowling – said there was growing variety in the acting world, in particular for female actors, and she was now being offered far more “nuanced and complicated” scripts.

“I do get that from the scripts that I’m reading now, you’re reading so many more nuanced and complicated stories that are way more diverse than they were so it feels quite exciting,” she said “[It is] an exciting time in the industry. I think there is a massive shift at the moment in that we’re telling experiences.

“A lot of the scripts that I’m reading at the moment even if it’s a period drama, it doesn’t really matter what the time period is, it’s the vulnerabilities and the questions and the life choices that you have to make, they’re all still the same, a woman was a woman a hundred years ago.”

Grainger, who appeared in the BAFTA-winning children’s series Roger and the Rottentrolls as a child actor was born in Manchester. She also starred in Doctors, Casualty plus Dalziel and Pascoe in her youth. Her break came in 2011 when she played Estella in the Mike Newell film adaptation of Great Expectations with Jeremy Irvine and Helena Bonham Carter.

The star also spoke about diversity in showbusiness – and how stories were increasingly being told from alternative perspectives in both film and television.

The actor said: “Well, it’s exciting and necessary because I mean stories are only interesting because they’re diverse and when stories have been told from one perspective for too long, it’s like you want the rest of the perspectives.

“I think people, as a society, or as a race of humans, that we respond to people that are like ourselves. So if too many people in the room are the same, they’re only going respond to people like them.”

She added: “So you need to make sure that the room is full of the representative of the wider space because that’s the only way that it can, will stay diverse and interesting and exciting for everyone.”

New episodes of The Road Less Travelled podcast are available via Apple Podcasts and Spotify every Monday. Video content and more information will be available on Belstaff.com.

The Road Less Travelled podcast is now available, as previously announced. Holliday talks about The Illustrated Mom as of when she felt she would be an actress for a living, with only 14; remembering when she started acting at 5; how to manage different accents; the short movie Home and Tell it to the Bees and much more! The coat Holly is wearing is available to buy here for 725£.

We have definitely felt in love with this small shoot and the promotional picture that was used, hope some more came along soon!

What is the power of diverse story telling? What happens when an actor gets lost in character? Holiday Grainger and I talk all things performative, personal and where the two intersect. It’s another @belstaff Road Less Travelled for you and my conversation this week is with an incredibly talented actor who I first met in another life. Literally! Listen now on your favourite podcast platforms.

Enjoy the full podcast here or here and a short video release and their caps in our gallery.

Born and raised in Didsbury, south Manchester, Holliday Grainger is one of Britain’s brightest and most versatile screen actors. Her CV spans everything from big budget movies (Great Expectations, Cinderella, My Cousin Rachel) to popular TV dramas ‎such as the BBC’s recent series Strike and The Capture. For her acclaimed role in 2019 film Animals – an adaptation of Emma Jane Unsworth’s novel of the same name – the 32-year-old earned a BIFA (Best Independent Film Award) Best Actress nomination. Here, she speaks to New Sounds about the music that has shaped her life….

The first album I ever bought was….

After watching Titanic, I asked my uncle to buy me Celine Dion… but I think the first album I bought with my own money was Hanson. I was building a really tasteful collection.

The song which reminds me of my first romance…

Elbow has been the soundtrack to my love life. I think ‘Starlings’ (from their 2008 album The Seldom Seen Kid) is one of the most beautiful love songs ever written.

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32 years ago our sweet Holliday Grainger was born! Congratulations !

To premiere soon, Holliday Grainger is featured in The Road Less Travelled Season 2 project! This brand doesn’t only sell clothes but goes even further with their new podcast edition. After a successful season 1, Holliday joins Riz Ahmed, James Norton, Ben Ainslie and Mark Strong on the 3rd episode of Season 2. Enjoy the trailer and screencaps from her appearance. The episode should be available on April 5th.

In uncertain times, stories of hope, independence and possibility, feel more important than ever.