She went on to win an Oliver and a Whats on Stage Award for her role in Terrange Rattigan play Flare Path, in which she starred alongside Sienna Miller.
Within hours of landing, I had sat at the organ upon which George Frideric Handel played the London premiere of "Messiah, " stood in the poky little room where Charles Dickens wrote "Oliver Twist, " and accepted my award upon the very spot that the residence of Lord Peter Wimsey had once stood, at 110A Piccadilly.
Bafta said the award - last presented in 2006, to Jamie Oliver - was being given "in appreciation of her incredible dedication to presenting across entertainment and sporting events".