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Zoë Wanamaker: We need more giants like Obama

The actress on her father's South Bank dream, politicians' paltry pay, and her vodka cure

26 October 2013

9:00 AM

26 October 2013

9:00 AM

It’s all true about Zoë Wanamaker. She’s like a wood-nymph from the Tolkien franchise. Pixie features, nut-brown eyes, a mischievous tight-lipped smile and a warm cackling laugh. Next week she makes a guest appearance at the Hampstead Arts Festival to discuss her acting career. Had she heeded the advice of her parents — Sam Wanamaker and the Canadian actress Charlotte Holland — she might never have followed them on to the stage.

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