Naomi Ackie wants to wait until she's 40 before starting a family because she "can't even look after a plant" right now

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."

It comes after Naomi admitted her portrayal of Whitney Houston in 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' forced her to revaluate her work-life balance after she was left exhausted and at "rock bottom" after the shoot.

In an interview with The Observer newspaper, she said: "That role pushed me to the edge, to the point where I was like, I have to change something otherwise I will shrink within this job, within this body, within the world.

"I was away from home, isolated in Boston for like seven months, and hungry - I lost about 30lb to get to the shape of Whitney.

"I lost a lot of myself, and not because of the art of it. It was to do with me feeling under pressure and trying to not be hated by the world - I was a catastrophic thinker, thinking I was never going to work again."

Naomi earned critical acclaim for her depiction of the 'How Will I Know' hitmaker but confessed it led to a rethink of her work-life balance.

She added: "It got me to such a rock bottom that it was a wake-up call. A job cannot mean so much that it steals my life's joy. I was like, we're gonna need to fix some priorities."