United Kingdom, Dec. 15 -- Samantha Morton thinks it is an "absolute miracle" she's still alive.

The Anemone actress spent most of her childhood in care and was sexually abused by residential workers at the age of 13, and she's thankful that the "trauma" she has been through didn't lead to an early death.

She told the Sunday Times Style magazine: "It's a miracle I'm here talking to you today.

"The older I get, and the more I reflect, the more I'm like, it's an absolute miracle I'm not dead.

"Knowing friends who have died or taken their own life due to the trauma, the effects of it...

"Every day I read about another child who has died unnecessarily, as far as I believe, due to neglect, violence and abuse.

"Situations where the child ...