The London-born actor, writer and singer-songwriter Nicôle Lecky debuted her one-woman play Superhoe at the Royal Court Theatre in 2019, and in 2022 she adapted it into a six-part television series, Mood, for BBC Three, which won two Bafta awards (best mini-series and best original music). She stars in Noah Baumbach’s latest film, Jay Kelly, in cinemas now, and her previous acting credits include roles in Sense8 (Netflix) and Death in Paradise (BBC One). Lecky’s new six-part drama Wild Cherry, which explores mother-daughter relationships in the modern world of social media, will air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One from tomorrow. She lives in north London.

This book was given to me – I haven’t finished it yet but I’m really enjoying it. It’s about the secrets that women keep, from the 1950s until now. Nicolson talks about the secrets her mother kept – they have quite a complex relationship – and her mother’s marriage, and the lineage of secrets that women kept throughout history and the reasons why. Then it looks at her daughter, and what is passed down, and the psychology behind that. It’s really fascinating. I almost wish I'd read it before I wrote Wild Cherry, because there's a lot of secrets that women keep in that show.

Yazmin Lacey is a soul-pop-jazz artist I really like. I actually went to youth theatre with her, Stratford East, when I was a teenager, and watching her rise has been incredible. I listen to her on repeat, and she's got an album out, Teal Dreams, which has a song on it called Wallpaper. It's got this Caribbean heritage to it – it’s about wining and dancing. It reminded me of that scene in Steve McQueen's Small Axe, where the track [Silly Games by Janet Kay] repeats and everyone pulls up – it's got that same feeling to it, that lilt.

I live in north London, and I love going for a walk around Ally Pally. I love the farmers’ market on a Sunday. There's always a huge queue for this stall called Bokit'la, which is a French Caribbean place, and they do these fried dough saltfish sandwiches – that has become a bit of a tradition for me. And, like I say, the queue is down the line. I also love the big fireworks show they do every year for bonfire night. It's a place that I love in summer and I love in winter. It's a real staple.

Brad Ingelsby – who is the screenwriter and producer behind Mare of Easttown with Kate Winslet, which I thought was incredible – has done it again with Task. Mark Ruffalo is amazing in it. He plays a former priest turned FBI agent who has to track down a motorcycle gang and figure out what they're doing in this town. The cast are phenomenal: Emilia Jones, who plays the niece of one of the characters, is brilliant. I love stories that have these mash-ups of people in these interesting circumstances. I went “priest, FBI, motorcycle gang” and I was immediately hooked. It’s a great watch.

This is a New York-style Italian restaurant in Mayfair. It is very fancy, and you can go for a celebratory meal, but equally you can just go there for a drink and sit at the bar. I love a place like that, where you feel instantly welcome. It's quite dark and moody, and appropriate for every event you might want. They do these great lobster rolls, and they do a caviar pasta which is delicious. I'm also a fan of their Negroni Sbagliato, which has a little bit of prosecco in. I would definitely recommend that.