Netflix One Day star Ambika Mod reveals a bizarre sleep feature as she freaks everyone out with a creepy habit

Netflix's One Day star Ambika Mod has revealed her very strange and slightly creepy sleeping habit.

The 29-year-old actress, who shot to fame opposite Ben Whishaw in This Is Going to Hurt, confessed that when she goes to bed at night she bizarrely sleeps with her eyes open.

Ambika appeared on The Graham Norton Show on Friday night and attempted to tell an anecdote, but the original story was sidetracked after she revealed to the host and his guests that she never closes her eyes and actually has trouble closing her eyelid.

She began her story: “Every time I tell this story, I say that I was lying in bed and my eyes kind of opened, but I sleep with my eyes open so they opened a little bit wide.”

I interrupt her immediately, comedian Josh Widdicombe intervened when he noticed the most important detail, exclaiming: 'Sorry, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!'

The actress confessed that she never closes her eyes and even struggles to close her eyelid as she demonstrated how her eyes roll back into her head when she sleeps

As Graham shouted, “Stop the bus!”, Josh added, “Why did we do the rest of the show and not start with this bit?”

Seemingly believing that her habit wasn't too special, Ambika confessed, “I sleep with my eyes open.”

She then clarified: “Not like Gandalf,” as she pointed to Mister Ian McKellen, with whom she also sat on the couch next to Michael Sheen.

The guest refused to let the revelation lie and asked Ambika for more details as they pressed her to explain further.

'I don't know what else I have to say! I sleep with my eyes open. It's not quite, it's more like…' Ambika then rolled her eyes to the back of her head as she demonstrated what she looks like when she sleeps.

As the audience laughed, Josh teased, “Oh, so it's nothing weird then?”

The star then admitted that she has always done it since she was a child.

“My mom says I did it as a baby and it freaked her out a little, but she just thought… it's probably fine.”

As Graham shouted, “Stop the bus!”, Josh added, “Why did we do the rest of the show and not start with this bit?” as they were both shocked and horrified by the revelation

Seemingly believing that her habit wasn't too special, Ambika confessed, “I sleep with my eyes open… 'I don't know what else I have to say!' before admitting that she's been doing it since she was a baby

Ambika was joined on the sofa by actor Sir Ian McKellen, Michael Sheen, comedian Josh Widdicombe and singer Gabrielle

In Ambika's latest role, she plays Emma Morley in the series adaptation of David Nicholl's novel One Day, alongside co-star Leo Woodall

Ambika continued, “I actually find it very difficult to close my eyes completely. I feel like my eyelids aren't big enough for my eyeballs.

'If I do that [closes her eyes], I really actively think about it. When I'm just relaxed, I'm like [closes eyes halfway].'

Elaborating on the quirky trait, she explained that she has “really dry eyes,” to which Graham joked, “What are we doing here?” We should make a Channel 5 documentary!'

It comes after Ambika exclusively revealed to the Mail that she initially turned down the role and turned it down.

The star explained that she thought it was a “huge, huge undertaking” as Emma was previously played by a white actress.

She said: “It was definitely originally written as white and previously played by a white actress. I'm very excited to bring something new to the role. I hope that young women who don't see themselves on screen very often see that it is possible.

Ambika admitted that she wouldn't have gotten the role a decade ago because of her skin color, saying, “I'm very different from Anne Hathaway, so I never worried about that.” Just the fact that I'm not white and I get to play Emma.

“I don't think this would have happened 10 years ago. That in itself is a way to modernize the story.'