United Kingdom, Sept. 24 -- Greta Lee had accepted her "dream" wouldn't happen before things "unexpectedly" clicked.

The 42-year-old actress was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in 2023 film Past Lives, and since then her career has soared with roles in The Morning Show, A House of Dynamite and Tron: Ares.

Reflecting on the period when she was struggling to get roles, she told the Metro newspaper's 60 Seconds column: "I know what it's like to feel a ticking clock and being a woman, and I'm a woman of colour.

"I'm in my 40s and I've lived a life of navigating all kinds of highs and lows and the possibility of trying to accept a dream that will not happen - and then unexpectedly it does."

Greta insisted waiting so long for her ...