Hayley Atwell - Hayley Atwell recalls weight jibes (CONTACT MUSIC)

She said: ''I was Hayley 'Fatwell' at school. I was on only child, very quiet and very shy, I was surrounded in primary school by skinny girls in crop tops, when I had puppy fat. I wasn't cool.''

Hayley, 30, has since slimmed down and started turning heads with her dazzling looks, which have been likened to stars of the 30s and 40s.

Discussing the comparisons with old time movie stars, she said: ''Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's the square jaw. Stars in the old days used to be more angular. I think my face works on screen because there's a lot of angles to it.''

Hayley also counts the pinnacle of her career so far as meeting Meryl Streep, who complimented her acting abilities.

She added in an interview with The Times newspaper: ''I was presenting at the BAFTAs, and she came up to me and said my performance in 'The Duchess' was 'Wonderfully imagined,' and I just went, 'Waaaaaaaahhhhh.' ''

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KEIRA KNIGHTLEY USED TO SUFFER FROM CRIPPLING NERVES (FAN CARPET)

She'll next be seen in the September release of Joe Wright's Anna Karenina and Oscar winning actress Keira Knightley who is famed for the likes of Atonement, The Duchess and the Pirates Of The Caribbean trilogy has said that she now knows how to deal with stage fright.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, the newly engaged Seeking a Friend for the End of the World babe admitted that she used to suffer from crippling nerves on film sets but that the time she has spent away from films has helped her to counter her problem and said "I discovered that a lot of what I was suffering from on film sets was stage fright. It's easier for me now, and even if I do freeze, I know how to deal with it."

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