The star of the Donmar's 'Ivanov' specialises in playing damaged women yet off stage, Gina McKee seems coolly confident.

Gina McKee admits she's still exploring all the riches contained in Terence Rattigan's Separate Tables which opened on September 10 as Chichester Festival Theatre's final production of Festival 09.

Tovey and Gina McKee are the first star names to be announced for An Afternoon Less Ordinary , a special event to celebrate A Night Less Ordinary , Arts Council Englanda TMs free theatre ticket scheme for under 26 year olds.

Gina Mckee is nothing like the damaged women she portrays, writes Alice Jones Elegant, alabaster-pale and with a measured murmur of a voice, Gina McKee is, initially at least, regally inscrutable.