United Kingdom, Feb. 24 -- Naomi Ackie spent her 20s in a "fog" of grief after her mother's death.

The ' I Wanna Dance with Somebody' actress was 22 years old when she lost her mom following a battle with cancer and she barely remembers the rest of the decade - but she's now determined to make the most of her 30s and plans to put off becoming a mother until later in life.

She told The Telegraph newspaper: "I felt like I was on the brink of life, ready to leap into it all. I'd just been on my first holiday with a friend, to New York.

"Then, suddenly, everything came to a halt. It just stopped. Nothing. Looking back, I was in a fog for the rest of my 20s. I was working, I was trying to embrace all the experiences, but I can't remember a ...