Joanna Page lives in Henley with her husband and four children, as well as a host of pets, and will soon be the main presenter of the new game show Shift The Thrift.
The star of the hit BBC sitcom Gavin and Stacey, she is also well known for her role in Christmas rom-com Love Actually.
Currently, she is promoting her new autobiography, Lush! My Story – From Swansea to Stacey and Everything in Between, which was published on Thursday (September 25).
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In Ms Page’s new book, she recalls a terrifying experience when she was kidnapped and held hostage by a taxi driver in South Africa who threatened to "strip her naked".
"I just remember thinking, ‘Oh my God’, you know how most of the time you get in dodgy situations but think you can get yourself out of it quite easily," she said.
“But it was the only situation I think I've ever been in in my life where I thought ‘you’re in the shit.
"This is serious. You can’t get yourself out of this. I don’t know what I’m going to do."
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Ms Page, who has been filming BBC costume drama To the Ends of the Earth, managed to keep the driver talking, and he eventually took her back to her hotel.
"I got out of the car and ran straight up to reception," she said.
"I was in such a state and told them everything that had happened. They said, ‘You’re so incredibly lucky. Just never ever do anything like that again’.”
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