Angela Griffin has had quite the career, starring on Coronation Street for six years and dramas such as Cutting It and Holby City, but the talented star still battles imposter syndrome
She’s one of Britain’s best-loved actresses, so when Angela Griffin reveals that she suffers from imposter syndrome, we can barely believe our ears.
Despite launching her career with a six-year stint as Coronation Street hairdresser Fiona Middleton and starring in dramas such as Cutting It and Holby City, Angela, 47, says she still has days when she suffers a crisis of confidence. “I’ve 100% got imposter syndrome, but I’m learning to fight it,” she admits as we chat over Zoom.
“I have a whole thing about class and about where I come from. You can’t help it when you’re from a working class background, because you get told and shown where you’re supposed to go in life. For a really long time there weren’t people who sounded like me or looked like me [on TV].”
Perhaps it’s because of this imposter syndrome that Angela struggles to say no when work offers come in. “After Covid, my working class survival mode kicked in, but now I’ve got myself to a point where I’m doing five things at once,” says the actress. “I’ve realised there’s no point working and doing all that if you’re not actually going to get to spend time with people you care about, so I have to learn to unwind.”