Fraser larges it with Enfield

Like Kate Winslet before her, Laura Fraser, 24, is one of those rare British actresses who has lent her considerable talents - and conspicuous penchant for perfect accents - almost exclusively to the silver screen rather than the box.

Some 15 features starring opposite the likes of Isabella Rossellini, Leonardo DiCaprio and Anthony Hopkins (in the upcoming Titus - 'Five months solid in Rome which was great, but the film really took its toll on the whole cast, including myself as I get raped early on and then have my tongue cut out') have tested her 'luvvie' quotient to the full, but thankfully her feisty Glasgow charm remains intact. Fraser knows that the publicity game must be played however, and in the past she has been almost scathingly self-critical of her own performances. 'I'm only proud of one film I've made, Divorcing Jack,' she says. She hasn't even watched The Man In The Iron Mask, in which she played the highly prized Girl In Bed With Leo role: 'I've seen my bit, that's enough!'

After Rome, Fraser spent three weeks in Ibiza shooting Harry Enfield's cherry-taking girlfriend in the big screen adaptation of Kevin and Perry. 'We were so drunk at the airport in Ibiza that everyone was going round on the baggage conveyor belts,' laughs Fraser. She's now back at her new home in Kilburn for a well-earned break - 'Just so I could see my friends and sit around reading books on philosophy for kids - it's easier to learn things when you read children's books. I love reading fairy-tales too, but not the brothers Grimm because they're anti-women.'

The house of Fraser also received a complete Laura-does-Changing-Rooms makeover and she's glad that neighbouring Notting Hill is just somewhere to bump into semi-celebs rather than live. 'It's where people pop out to buy a pint of milk and come back a week later with handfuls of business cards. Aaarghhh! I can't handle all that falseness. I'm off to Prague in May for three months to film The Knight's Tale in which I play a 14th-century blacksmith. Sometimes I forget how much I really love it. And I'm raring to start acting again.'