Last Swimis the first lead acting role for Deba Hekmat. After the plaudits, she'll be divingin for more

I don't know what I'm going to do in the next five years. I don't know what I'm going to do next year," Deba Hekmat tells me. "I wouldn't label myself as an actor, a personality, a model or anything like that. I'm just extremely grateful to be able to work in spaces that allow me to collaborate on things that are bigger than me."

- Vicky Jessop

She's certainly doing that. Her new film, Last Swim, won two awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, and is out on Friday. Hekmat, 23, plays Ziba, a school leaver who joins her friends for one last day of partying and carousing around London. As they ride the Tube or relax in the city's parks, Ziba is hiding a dark secret from them.