United Kingdom, Feb. 19 -- Andrea Riseborough was "really good friends" with pop star Cheryl when they were growing up.

The Oscar-nominated actress hails from the same area of north east England as Girls Aloud pop star Cheryl, and she's now revealed they were good pals and attended dance classes together before they eventually drifted apart due to their different interests.

In an interview with the Observer Magazine, Andrea, 42, explained: "We were really good friends when we were little. We went to dancing together, a brilliant teacher called Margaret Waite.

"Cheryl was an absolutely incredible classical dancer. And then I became really interested in theatre and she was more interested in music and we sort of, I suppose, grew apart."...