
It's not just white stars being invaded in the adult entertainment industry.

She leaps up when I arrive and find her already waiting at the Collins Street branch of funky Vietnamese restaurant Uncle.

The woman who became a fixture in our lounge rooms via characters such as Heather Jelly in Sea Change and Louisa Atherton in Bed of Roses has an authenticity that seems immediately familiar.

And a sense that, really, can we hurry things along because, frankly, there are far more important things to be doing.


A lengthy list of no-go areas, offered up weeks in advance by a cagey publicist.


Raw kingfish with coconut and tamarind foam.
Description: Raw kingfish with coconut and tamarind foam.