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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Libby Brooks

‘Am I allowed to be funny?’ Ashley Storrie on acting, autism – and grieving her mum, Janey Godley

Portrait of Ashley Storrie looking at the camera with her hair up, pulling up the zip of a zebra print fleece
‘It makes people feel more at ease if I’m funny’… Ashley Storrie. Photograph: Steve Ullathorne

Ashley Storrie is describing her “massively surreal” experience at last month’s Bafta Scotland awards. There she was, standing in the spotlight, holding the two statuettes she had just picked up. “And all anyone can say is: ‘Sorry for your loss.’”

“But I won!” she says plaintively.

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