Bridgerton star Genevieve Chenneour reveals she has had a sizzling holiday romance with a woman which has 'changed my understanding of sex'

star Genevieve Chenneour has opened up about a recent sizzling holiday romance with a woman during a work trip to Mykonos.

The actress, 28, who played Clara Livingston in the hit drama, said the experience has 'changed my understanding of sex'. 

Genevieve admitted: ‘It wasn’t planned, but it was something I’d thought about for most of my life. I’d kissed girls before. This time was different.’

Describing her experience in a post online, the former artistic swimmer added: ‘What happened changed my understanding of sex. It was sex with kindness.

‘For the first time, I understood why there can be such joy in bringing another person pleasure. To make a woman feel that way made me feel unexpectedly powerful.’

Despite her experience on the Greek island, Genevieve added that she feels ‘no need to define my sexuality’. 

It comes a year after Genevieve tussled with a mobile phone thief at a west London cafe.

She bravely fought off prolific Algerian thief Zacariah Boulares, 18, at a Joe & The Juice sandwich bar on Kensington High Street, during which a second man threatened to stab her.

Zacariah was locked up for 22 months in July for three counts of theft and common assault in a daylight attack on February 8 that left the actress concussed.

Scotland Yard officers also investigated a 19-year-old man but took no further action against him, the BBC reported.

Genevieve, an Olympic swimmer before embarking on an acting career, has since left London and moved back in with her mother as she no longer feels safe in the capital.

The actress said at the time that not knowing the identity of the second man involved continued to frighten her, adding: 'I can't understand why someone's walking around who has threatened to stab me.'

She said the psychological aftermath had been profound, leaving her 'severely agoraphobic' and unable to rely on public transport.

She has moved out of London to live with her mother and often stays in hotels when she needs to return to the capital for work and events.

Last August, she revealed that the psychological trauma had been long-lasting, with her unable to leave the house.

'And then if I did leave the house, I wanted to be with someone. But I felt like a burden. That's a really dark downward spiral that you can find yourself in,' she told the BBC.

In November, the actress took to Instagram to reveal she had been assaulted in the capital, where overall crime has soared by nearly a third over the past decade.

Genevieve said she was left 'shaken' after a man targeted her and hit her without warning near Oxford Circus - just minutes before she was due to walk into an audition.