Lights, camera, consent: the important job of an on-scene intimacy co-ordinator

Britain's O'Brien is one of cinema's unsung stars, ensuring actors are comfortable filming their most sensitive scenes in her job as "intimacy coach", a role she has made her own. Photo: AFP

Britain's Ita O'Brien is one of cinema's unsung stars, ensuring actors are comfortable filming their most sensitive scenes in a job she has made her own.

The 56-year-old intimacy coordinator has been a key figure behind the sex scenes in acclaimed series such as I May Destroy You, Sex Education and Normal People.