Pushing Daisies star Anna Friel has admitted it’s tough being a working mum.

Anna, 32, and boyfriend David Thewlis are parents to three-year-old daughter Gracie.

She said: “I think it’s very different nowadays for working mothers. Before, a woman could take two years off – a year for her pregnancy and then the first year, but I don’t think that’s possible for women in showbusiness or in any industry any more.

“You just have to keep going – keep looking forward. If you stop, you’re like: ‘Oh, God, it’s too overwhelming!’ And believe me, I’ve had my fair share of those moments.”

Anna flew to Madrid, Spain, when Gracie was still a baby to film the movie Goal! and she admitted it was hard.

She said: “You get so overtired. You want to be there for your child at night – and I was still breastfeeding – but then I’d get to the point where I couldn’t sleep when I did get to bed.

“It went on and on. Eventually, a doctor gave me a sleeping tablet and I slept for a weekend!”

Anna’s boyfriend David Thewlis plays Professor Lupin in the Harry Potter film series and she admitted she is glad the film is shot in the UK.

She said: “Thank goodness Harry Potter is filmed in England. It means we can live in the same house and sleep in the same bed.”

Source: Splash News