Emotional ties actress Tracy-Ann Oberman on family heirlooms female friendships and feel-good fashion - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity Emotional ties actress Tracy-Ann Oberman on family heirlooms female friendships and feel-good fashion By You Magazine - July 17, 2017 By Fiona Mccarthy Actress Tracy-Ann Oberman I must have been a magpie in another life because I love anything that shines. These Rupert Sanderson heels are as great for red-carpet events as they are thrown on with a pair of jeans. I married Rob [Cowan, a music producer] in 2004 and we bought these tabla drums during our second honeymoon in Kerala, South India. We trekked them round the country with us and I was sure he wouldn’t look at them twice when we got home. Perhaps to spite me, he’s now a proper tabla master. I treated myself to these star earrings at Sara Lauchlan’s boutique Viola for my birthday about ten years ago. When I wear them, I feel happy, lucky and protected. This mug, from filming series three of Channel 4’s Friday Night Dinner [in 2014], reminds me of the special friendships I have with other women in the business who are also juggling being working mums, such as Tamsin Greig [I play her sister Val in the series]. They are what spurs me on. I had my daughter Anoushka, ten, when I was 40. I’d always been told I might not have children at all, so I bought these silver booties for her to wear because they summed up everything I felt about her when she was born. Anoushka made this piece of artwork when she was about six – she captured all of us perfectly. She has taught me great patience and capacity for love, and constantly reminds me how quickly the years go by. It’s important for me to not be so driven by work that I miss things with her. These silver candlesticks are an heirloom from my grandmother, who fled from Belarus to the UK at 14 and met my grandfather on the journey. They symbolise the love and serenity of our Friday night family dinners. It was a dream come true to perform in Edmond with Kenneth Branagh at the National Theatre in 2003. I’d wanted to act for as long as I can remember. On my first day out of drama school I joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and did a voiceover, and haven’t been out of work since. I received this wonderful award in 2005 for my character Chrissie Watts in EastEnders. I managed to slip an Issa dress into Chrissie’s wardrobe – Pam St Clement once asked me: ‘What the bloody hell are you wearing?’ I had some great moments playing her, especially murdering Dirty Den, so I accepted it for both of us. I always keep mementos from my roles. This jewellery and badge are from playing Yvonne Hartman in Doctor Who in 2006. She was an interesting character – neither a villain nor a victim – and it was great fun working with cybermen and daleks. Tracy-Ann stars in Fiddler on the Roof at the Chichester Festival Theatre until 2 September. For more details and tickets, visit cft.org.uk RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved