I greatly enjoyed their turn as Jane Seymour in Eve Hedderwick TurnerвЂ™s version of Anne Boleyn, recently screened on Channel 5, I say. I prefer they but I donвЂ™t mind she.вЂќ In line with their preference, for the purposes of this interview I will be using they. Petticrew, I should point out, identifies as non-binary: вЂњI use they and she. It was hard to pin down a time to talk to the 21-year-old, who is busy filming in London, but when we do finally get to talk, weвЂ™re straight into a conversation that ranges far вЂ“ riots in Belfast, class divide, gender identity, the cynicism of capitalism вЂ“ as well as more straightforward career stuff. When IвЂ™m tired or itвЂ™s been a long week, I still canвЂ™t believe people are letting me getting away with this and paying me to do it вЂ“ that keeps me going!вЂќ I think itвЂ™s from my mother!вЂќ But the remarkable career trajectory вЂњis not lost on me вЂ“ I touch wood and pinch myself all the time. I donвЂ™t like being off work and not having something to do.

вЂњIвЂ™m for sure tired,вЂќ Petticrew says when I remark on the non-stop work, вЂњbut I prefer it. There have been significant roles in a steady stream of intelligent, entertaining productions: Dating Amber вЂ“ for which Lola has been nominated in the Lead Film Actress category for the 2021 IFTAs вЂ“ Three Families, Anne Boleyn, A Bump Along The Way, The Country Girls at the Abbey, Bloodlands with James Nesbitt, and far more to come. You will almost certainly have seen Lola Petticrew in something over the last year вЂ“ probably more than one thing.

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