Sometimes I'll put on a Zig Ziglar tape: he's a motivational speaker who is really funny and really American. I know I should do the things he says, but I'm too cynical.Collection: Motivational
I was brought up a Muslim and I respect the religion I was born into, but I don't practise it. However, I do believe in thanking God for my happy life.Collection: Religion
I'm half Moroccan and half Indian so I have quite an adventurous taste in food.Collection: Food
My biggest financial fear is dying and not leaving enough to see my daughter through to adulthood and financial independence.Collection: Independence
I'm going to hide - I always do on my birthday, I never celebrate birthdays.Collection: Birthday
I want my daughter to grow up with some kind of ambition. I want her to work and to have that independence.Collection: Independence
When you have kids your priorities change. What you are looking for in a partner becomes more complex.
If I'm going to a party, I dance for as long as possible to burn the calories - the jive is great because you're on your toes a lot so it works your calves, thighs and bum.
Kids will always find something to pick on, whether it's your color, your religion, the way you look, your size. You try and stand up for yourself, but it's really difficult when you've got 20 or 30 girls against you.
There is this thing called catastrophic thinking - you start thinking that something catastrophic is going to happen. I get on a plane and I think it's going to crash, I just know it's going to crash, so you're petrified.
My style is all over the place. It goes by my mood, but on a day-to-day basis it's relaxed and comfortable, just jeans and T-shirts and no heels unless I'm going to a meeting.
I love Louboutins and Jimmy Choos, but I've got pairs I've never worn, because I'm still waiting to find the outfit that will go with them.
When I was modeling, I'd go for castings in a pair of really tight, leopard-print trousers, like jeans, but with a velvet finish - very Rod Stewart, but also very sexy.
I do like to keep my face moisturized even when I'm not wearing make-up, but I don't use too many products.
You have to eat well, drink enough water and get enough sleep to look your best, and no fancy creams will substitute that.
I've got a varied taste in films. I love a good horror movie - the first few 'Saw' films for example - but I also like comedies.
I like to have things around me that I love. However, I'm not a hoarder and get rid of everything I don't need.
I am not a country girl at all. I tried the whole country dream and it didn't work for me. I need the madness and pandemonium of a city around me.
Every time I tell someone that I'm doing 'Spooks,' they're like, 'Wow!' That's a guaranteed reaction. It's such a high-end show, it's so sexy and slick and smooth.
Because I'm not a spy in 'Spooks' and I'm not in every day I'm able to do other things, which is great fun because it breaks it all up for me and I get some time to spend with my daughter.
I'd watched the first couple of series, dipped in and out of it, but I think everyone's a fan of 'Spooks' even if they don't watch it all the time.
I get really bad road rage, and if my daughter is in the car I have to bite my lip and try not to swear.
I've been taught always be nice to the lighting people - they're the people you make friends with straight away so that's what I do.
But I find it so difficult to go out and be like 'Hey, I'm a sexpot.' At home I'm just a mum with food down her top!
I've got a scar on my shin from when I got shot in New York when I was 17. I was outside a McDonald's and somebody shot a gun from a car, and the bullet grazed my leg.
A lot of mums are torn between their work and missing out on important milestones in their children's lives.
My mother's incredibly independent and she brought us up to be the same. She had five daughters and two sons and only allowed one mirror in the house because she didn't want us to be obsessed with our looks or weight.