NOMINATED FOR BAFTA'S RISING STAR AWARD MIA MCKENNA-BRUCE ON GROWING UP IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA AND HOW HER NEW ROLE AS A MUM HAS CHANGED HER

Life has been a "whirlwind" lately. Having starred in How to Have Sex, which took the Cannes Film Festival by storm last year, she finds herself in the running for Bafta's EE Rising Star Award for up-and-coming talent.

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Molly Manning Walker's directorial debut, which received an eight-minute standing ovation and won the festival's Un Certain Regard award, follows three 16-year-old girls who embark on a rites-of-passage holiday on the Greek island of Crete to celebrate the end of their GCSEs.

But when they cross paths with a group of boys, the story takes a dark turn, exploring the blurred lines between consent and sexual assault.

As the buzz around this year's Bafta Film Awards ceremony builds, Mia sat down for an exclusive interview with HELLO! about the film and how she's staying grounded.

"Since the film went to Cannes, it's gone from strength to strength. It's amazing," says Mia, 26, who's enjoying her breakout moment after spending her teen years in the child cast of CBBC show Tracy Beaker Returns and its spin-off The Dumping Ground, before landing roles in Netflix's Jane Austen adaptation Persuasion and Peacock's fantasy horror series Vampire Academy.