The Confessions Of Frannie Langton star Karla-Simone Spence reveals she’s ‘obsessed with corsets’

Actresses often complain about the pain of wearing a corset — but not Karla-Simone Spence. 

She so loved the bodices she was laced into for ITV‘s forthcoming lesbian blockbuster The Confessions Of Frannie Langton, she wore a corseted dress to the show’s launch.

‘Since playing Frannie, I’ve been obsessed with corsets,’ says 26-year-old Spence. ‘I just love the look.’

Feeling good: Actresses often complain about the pain of wearing a corset — but not Karla-Simone Spence (pictured last month) 

She continued: ‘It was really enjoyable wearing them — and I know no one ever says that. But the corsets I had weren’t the Regency corsets — they were shorter. They looked great.’

The actress got her big-screen break in the gang drama Blue Story. 

In the new series, she plays a young Jamaican woman, born into slavery, who is brought to Georgian London. 

Given to a family, she falls in love with her mistress. It’s based on Sara Collins’s 2019 novel and will debut on the launch night of streaming service ITVX next Thursday. 

One to watch: She so loved the bodices she was laced into for ITV’s forthcoming lesbian blockbuster The Confessions Of Frannie Langton, she wore a corseted dress to the launch (pictured with Sophie Cookson)

‘It’s great to see a Jamaican black woman in Georgian London — and with historical context,’ adds Spence. 

‘My family is Jamaican as well, so just to be able to play that as a lead character is incredible.’

Meanwhile, Collins says she regrets not insisting on a cameo role in the show. 

She says: ‘I would like to have been one of the spanking experts with whom Frannie becomes acquainted while she is working in a spanking brothel, punishing some of the most influential men in Georgian London. 

‘The chance to wield a whip on camera — I can’t think of anything better!’

She revealed: ‘Since playing Frannie, I’ve been obsessed with corsets. I just love the look’