Martine McCutcheon has said that Love Actually helped to save her career.
McCutcheon starred in the 2003 festive hit, alongside Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson.
Following her role as Tiffany in EastEnders in the late 1990s, and her music career, McCutcheon hit a wall in the early noughties, which saw the press turn on her, and even consider stepping away from the public eye. That was until she was offered a role in a movie which put her back on the map.
Speaking with Metro, Martine McCutcheon revealed that it was her manager who contacted her about the role.
"[Love Actually] almost chose me in such a huge, huge way that I couldn't ignore it", McCutcheon said.
She continued: "It was also special to me because it took me back to what I love and doing things for the right reasons. It's just snowballed and built more and more momentum ever since".
Martine McCutcheon landed the role as Natalie, secretary to the Prime Minister played by Hugh Grant.
"Don't get me wrong, I knew what an amazing 'pinch-me' opportunity it was, but I didn't believe it had actually happened to me for a few years afterwards. I was so in shock", McCutcheon said of the role.
This role saw the actress work with director Richard Curtis and work with a number of household names and talented actors, giving her the confidence to stay in a career which she considered giving up on a few years earlier.
Last year, Martine McCutcheon had announced that she and her husband had split up after 18 years together. More on this story here.
