Winnie is well used to the spotlight – from performing in London bars to outdoor music festivals – but singing in an alien language brought a whole new world of challenges.
Her character performs her original song in an alien bar in space, when Supergirl visits the planet of Bilquis.
What Are We is the first song Winnie released as a solo artist in 2020, and an alien language specialist was hired to help her translate it into the Bilquis language.
“We went through each word and each syllable to make sure that the pronunciation was perfect for Bilquis,” she said.
“He told me about the structure and the origins of the language that he created, which was so cool, because he’s the guy who created other alien languages like [Star Trek’s] Klingon.
“Being a Bilquis alien was so much fun, I’ve always wanted to be an alien.”
During production she would have to wake up at 4am to travel to the film set at Leavesden in time to get her Bilquis costume on.
“The hair, the make up, everything was applied by hand and it took about four hours – and at the end of the day they would scrub me down.”
