Anya, who was born in Wolverhampton, is probably best-known to audiences for her breakout role as Yennefer of Vengerberg in The Witcher.
The Netflix hit is expected to return next year, with season four starring new lead Liam Hemsworth.
Anya says the move from live-action to recording motion-capture sequences for a video game was intimidating at first.
“You step into ‘the volume’, as they call it,” she says, referring to the space where recordings take place.
“You’ve got a camera on your head and I was like: ‘How am I gonna bring my process to this world?”
But, as she settled into the role, she says she was surprised by the similarities with more traditional acting work.
“We had a director who was directing us like any other scene.
“And we do take after take after take to try and get the best one.
“So it wasn’t as different as I thought it might be,” she says.
