It’s, well I’ll say it, it’s extraordinary to find someone who is both attractive and otherworldly at the same time, but here she is.

A supremely gifted actress. By far, the best performance in the severely underrated Bubble Boy, she was wonderful as the funny, appalling and bigoted mother of Jake Gyllenhaal.

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She was astonishing in Liar Liar.

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Brilliant in Dangerous Liaisons, a great foil for Cristine Rose in Heroes.

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She’s just all round amazing.

I understand her name comes from Swoose – half-swan, half-goose – which was the name of the bomber her father flew in during the Second World War.

I can say with some authority, when you have an unusual name, the best thing in the world is for there to be a good story behind it.