United Kingdom, Oct. 22 -- Kathy Burke says motherhood was never her "true heart's calling".

The 61-year-old actress, director and writer reflects on her life in a new memoir, A Mind of My Own, which details her turbulent childhood, rise through British comedy and later success as one of the country's most acclaimed performers, and also contains candid admissions about her decision not to have children.

Kathy says in the book: "I'd often thought about having a baby. I was in my late 30s, so the clock was ticking, but it wasn't something I was crying out for. I (had) a short broody spell in my early 30s, but wasn't interested in having a child with the person I was with at the time."

She later discovered a blood condition meant she coul...