‘I'm beautiful in a different way!'

Miranda Hart opens up to Woman’s Own about shocking her fans and being more confident now than she’s ever been

- HAYLEY MINN

Miranda Hart shot to fame in 2009 with the launch of the BBC sitcom Miranda. And with her character having the same name as her and described as ‘an unusually tall, clumsy, thirtysomething woman, who frequently finds herself in bizarre situations’, you’d be forgiven for thinking the actress had been playing herself for five years.

But as Woman’s Own meets Miranda to talk about her latest role as Miss Bates in the film Emma – based on Jane Austen’s classic novel – the 47-year-old couldn’t be any further from her awkward alter ego.

In fact, she’s much more self-assured than her (although she does find herself in bizarre situations in real life too!).

Here, Miranda opens up about getting more confident in herself with age and reveals that we could be seeing more Miranda in the future…

Hi Miranda – once the series Miranda had finished, did you find it hard to break away from that character?