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Daisy May Cooper has revealed she feels 'addicted' to making money because she worries that her career could end without warning.

The Am I Being Unreasonable? actress, 36, grew up in poverty and recalls stealing food with her brother Charlie so that her family were able to eat.

Reflecting her past lifestyle, Daisy said: 'Everything that happened to me definitely made me grow as a person. I would never want to go back to that.'

Discussing how it affects her now, she continued: 'Every day I'm so grateful, but I have this anxiety that everything's going to end tomorrow. If you've come from that background, earning money becomes an addiction. 

The star went on to detail how she would take any job that came to her as long as it fed her and her family because she 'doesn't take herself seriously'.

She told the Radio Times: 'Honestly, I couldn't care less what it is. Even if it's like some really bad reality love show, if it's going to put food on the table, then I'm there. Some people take themselves really seriously and say, 'I'll never do that,' but I just don't think you can be sniffy about stuff.'

Daisy's hit series This Country was part inspired by her own upbringing and she is once again drawing on her roots for her role in new BBC dark comedy Rain Dogs.

The series is written by the British-Irish author Cash Carraway and is based on her memoir Skint Estate, recounting life as a single mum fighting her way out of poverty. 

Daisy plays single mother Costello, seen just minutes into the first episode being booted out of her flat by bailiffs and desperately trying to find somewhere for her and her ten-year-old daughter, Iris, to live.

Talking about her new part, Daisy said: 'I can see so much of Costello in me. I recognise that feeling when every day is a challenge, when you don't have money and you're just trying to get to the end of the day.'

One early scene in the eight-part series sees Costello in a taxi. She asks the driver to pull over and tells Iris to pretend she's about to vomit, using the situation to do a runner without paying.

It's a moment that brings back memories for Daisy, who admitted she had to make tough decisions to survive when she was in her early 20s, jobless in Cirencester.

Elsewhere in the interview, Daisy has admitted that she had to turn off the Wi-Fi at her house to avoid 'panic' following her on-stage blunder at the Brit Awards.