COMING UP DAISIES

Every so often, an actor breaks through in a debut or early role and emerges as a fully formed star. Think Keira Knightley in Bend It Like Beckham, Kate Winslet in Heavenly Creatures or Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries. This year, Daisy Edgar-Jones inhabits that space thanks to her mesmerising performance as the beautiful, damaged student Marianne in Normal People. But if you’ve already binged that must-see series, you can catch Daisy in her next major role from July 9 when her latest TV series War of the Worlds launches on SBS. “It’s been bonkers,” she says of overnight fame.

Normal People has become such a huge show. How are you coping with all the attention you are