Jane Horrocks

From Bjork to Gracie Fields.

Actress Jane Horrocks shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. .

Jane specialises in unconventional, complex roles - from the eccentric secretary Bubble in the cult BBC TV sitcom Absolutely Fabulous to a bulimic teenager in Mike Leigh's film Life is Sweet.

But the role that brought her the greatest public recognition and critical acclaim was Little Voice. Written especially for her, it told the story of a cripplingly shy girl who only finds liberation and expression when she takes on the voices of musical legends. Jane Horrocks's ability to sing like Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland and Marilyn Monroe, among others, was so convincing that the film's credits had to make it clear she had sung every note and not been dubbed by the originals.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2006.