United Kingdom, April 6 -- Aimee Lou Wood used to "desexualise" herself.

The 31-year-old actress admitted that because she was dealing with various body image issues as she entered young adulthood, it became her "worst nightmare" to expose any part of herself, and this manifested itself when she made her on-screen debut as Aimee Gibbs in the Netflix hit 'Sex Education'.

She told The Sunday Times: "I remember feeling quite vulnerable after Sex Education. If it had been all of us getting our boobs out, then I would feel better. It felt like I was the one that had done the freakiest stuff.

"When I was younger and I was dealing with my eating stuff, it was my worst nightmare to get my body out. But I'd worked through that stuff - and then ...