Copyright 2004 EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS
The Express

December 31, 2004

HEADLINE: PRYING TIME - SIMONE LAHBIB; TESSA TALKING

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SIMONE Lahbib has appeared in countless dramas including Monarch of the Glen, which starts filming again next spring. She is also due to be seen in the romantic comedy Heartless with Angus Deayton. Simone is married to producer Mel De Grouttola (a slight mix up here? SL Net) and lives in London.

MESSAGE SCENT I am wearing Clinique's Simply. I love its scent, which is a little grapefruity.

CLOTHES ENCOUNTERS At Top Shop, you can mix a designer label and one of their pieces together. I like the Italian designer Roberto Cavalli . . . his designs are sexy and feminine, especially the dress I wore to the Scottish Baftas.

STEPPING ON THE GAS My husband and I adore classic cars and right now we have a Porsche 912 in slate grey . . . very cool and a great drive.

PUMP UP THE VOLUME Keane are great. But my brother is in a band called Maker and he wrote the music for a short film of mine. I do love Coldplay and Travis too.

FED UP My favourite place is my mother-inlaw's house. She is the most fabulous cook and it's great to go round for dinner. Being Italian, she makes great pasta with fresh seafood and lots of garlic . . . very Southern Italian. When we are back in Glasgow, we always go to the Ubiquitous Chip.

FREEZE FRAME Meryl Streep is absolutely amazing. As for men Paul Newman is fantastic and the older he gets the better. He just has such depth.

HOT LINES The only thing I get time to read are scripts and right now I am reading one for a new film project in which I have a small part in called Red Mercury Rising.

It stars Juliet Stevenson and Stockard Channing . . . a Working Title film. We actually start filming this week, which is exciting. The book I last read was Perfume by Patrick Suskind.