The actor Zawe Ashton has revealed that she has suffered incidents of “bullying, demeaning and gaslighting” during her career.
The 38-year-old, best known for her role in Manchester-based comedy series Fresh Meat, stars in new Regency period drama Mr Malcolm’s List.
Ashton opened up about the difficulties she experienced getting a series commissioned and produced, telling Tatler magazine: “There was just this weird resistance.
Ashton said the project, which she said was similar to HBO’s series Girls, eventually ended up in “development hell” and put on hold.