Actor Vinette Robinson, 42, is best known for playing chef Carly in the Boiling Point film and TV series, and civil rights campaigner Rosa Parks in Doctor Who. After growing up in Bradford and training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, she began her career in theatre, including roles at the RSC and the National Theatre. Her other TV roles include Sherlock, The Lazarus Project, Six Four, The A Word and Black Mirror. She now stars in Channel 4 drama series The Gathering.
How would you describe your new series?
It’s ostensibly a thriller but told from a character perspective, rather than from a police viewpoint. A girl called Kelly is attacked at an illegal rave. In each episode, you meet the people in her life who become suspects. Its themes are the trials and tribulations of that teen stage of life. A lot of it is about control – parents exerting it, how they lose it, how children gain it. It brings up lots of issues but it’s also joyful and captures the excitement of youth.
