Actor Vinette Robinson’s year in TV: ‘Sometimes I just need mush like Selling Sunset’

Vinette Robinson wears dress, Rachel Gilbert. Sandals, Malone Souliers. Bangle, L’Atelier Nawbar. Rings, Vinette’s own. Styling: Hope Lawrie. Makeup: Sophie Finlay, Paulo Messa, Lauren Freeman using Lancôme. Hair: Philipp Haug, Dora Lilio, Millie Duffin using Schwarzkopf Professional. Set design: @gabriellesellen. Set build: @mountpopalis. With thanks to Sea Containers London for the location. Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Guardian

Vinette Robinson, 43, grew up in Bradford. She decided to be an actor when she was 13, and has starred in Sherlock and The A Word, as well as playing Rosa Parks in Doctor Who. As head chef Carly in Boiling Point, she leads one of the most tense kitchen dramas ever made. She also recently appeared in mind-bending sci-fi The Lazarus Project, with Paapa Essiedu.

Was Boiling Point as stressful to film as it was to watch?
Yes, but it was also really fun. Boiling Point is an unusual process, in that we have a guide script, but you never learned your lines as such because all the dialogue was improvised. It was always moving on its feet.