Hannah Waddingham wants more people to "talk" about "how exhausting" it is to be a parent

She told The Sunday Times newspaper: "Thank God she is the utter joy of my life because it is unyielding responsibility.

"I feel like more people should talk about how exhausting it is. Not only physically showing up for them but being the best version of yourself, because they respond to actions far more than words."

She added of her daughter: "[She's] my greatest champion and my most horrific critic."

The youngster has taken an interest in acting and has been starring a school production of 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe', but Hannah wants to make her daughter away of all the hard work that went into building her own career.

She said: "She feels such a sense of vitality from that [being on stage], which I love, but I just want her to know that for 22 years I would be on stage thinking: 'Am I going to make the last Tube?

"I need her to be aware that I really grafted for 22 years. Life is not being picked up by a black Mercedes."

Hannah added that's she proud of her career success, but she doesn't care about being famous.

She explained: "I've just become more known. Being afforded the luxury of the kind of roles that I always knew I could play and, as a single mum, the luxury of being able to put my daughter in great schools.

"It does give you freedom. I genuinely don't give a s*** about fame. I never have. I never will."

Hannah previously admitted she battles feelings of guilt whenever she's away from her little girl for work.

She told PEOPLE: "My primary function is being a single mama ... Mommy guilt is real ... But I keep saying to her that we are a team and that I have to do this.

"I have to strike while the iron is hot. I'm not so conceited that I would think that I will always have this kind of focus. I've always said to her: 'Mommy must take this time while the light shines on me, because the light shines on you'."