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Soo Smart - Yes that really IS my name! I've had it since 1981. I come from an artistic, musical family, we can all draw or create something with our hands. My gran and mum used to work in Nottingham Lace factories and my dad worked for the Ordnance Survey, drawing out maps. My gran could play the violin and piano and one of my uncles could play any instrument he put his hands on.

My favourite subjects at school were Art and PE, but Gymnastics was my thing! I belonged to Sudbury Gym Club and won a bronze medal for the floor for the East of England, and then went to the national gymnastics competition in Halifax when I was 16. I would be in school plays from primary school days, and be in school music ensembles and bands. Somehow I would get the lead part - I suppose if they wanted someone to do cartwheels or stand on someone's shoulders to say their lines, they picked me!