Naomi Ackie spent her 20s in a "fog" of grief after her mother's death

She told The Telegraph newspaper: "I felt like I was on the brink of life, ready to leap into it all. I'd just been on my first holiday with a friend, to New York.

"Then, suddenly, everything came to a halt. It just stopped. Nothing. Looking back, I was in a fog for the rest of my 20s. I was working, I was trying to embrace all the experiences, but I can't remember a lot of it. There was a sense of deferred emotion."

Naomi, 32, added: "I feel like I'm living my 20s in my 30s, which is why I don't think I'll have children - if I'm lucky enough to be able to - until my 40s."

She went on to insist her late mother had a huge impact on her because she always believed her daughter would be successful.

Naomi said: "It helps to know that my mum believed I could make it. She taught me that if you want to make work of quality, then you must take your time, be diligent, get obsessed. She taught me to approach my work stitch by stitch, little by little."

Naomi previously admitted she's not ready to settle down and have children because she doesn't own her own home yet and can't even keep her house plants alive.

She told The Hollywood Reporter: "[I'm] not ready to have my own child until I'm probably like 40 ... [It's] actually good to know ... that one day you can just look at a baby and think, 'I want you'."

Naomi went on to explain she hopes to get married in the future but she wants to enjoy married life for a few years before having children.

She added: "I know it's bad the longer you wait, but I feel really intentional about wanting to be married for a few years before that happens.

"And I don't own a home. I can't even look after a f****** plant, mate. And can I keep my house tidy? No. I didn't even make my bed before I left for L.A."