London, May 4: After debuting as a girl from a conservative Indian family in Brit flick `Bend It Like Beckham', Parminder Nagra has turned herself into one of America's hottest TV actresses and is now doing sex scenes with Ray Winstone for a new series.

Living a luxurious life in her fancy pad in Beverly Hills with her British photographer husband James Stenson, Nagra is due to give birth to her first baby soon.

But, before getting pregnant, the actress returned to the UK to film her latest British offering, `Compulsion', a dark ITV1 drama about the overwhelming power of sexual obsession, which sees her appear alongside Winstone.

Parminder plays a rich student whose traditional Indian father is mapping out an arranged marriage for his beloved daughter, against her wishes.

The family chauffeur, Don Flowers, played by Ray, offers her a way out if she would agree to sleep with him and the scene is set for a powerful, sexually charged affair which ultimately ends in tragedy.

The script demanded sex scenes and nudity, which Parminder approached with a cool head.

Shot before her pregnancy, the scenes don't show any embarrassing bumps and wobbly bits, but stripping off in front of a room full of cameramen wasn't a moment she liked.

"I was worried about the nudity, it's a huge thing for me, but those scenes have to be in there because the story is about obsession and lust so you can't do it without them,' the Mirror quoted her as saying.

She added: "So we just got on with the sex scenes. It's funny, you talk about what position you're going for and then you just go for it"

"Most of the time, Ray and I talked about food, I don't know why, but we always ended up telling each other what we'd had for dinner! It took our minds off it. You do get nervous, but when you've been doing them for a while, the only way is just to tackle it. Or as Ray says, `Bosh!', and then you're done!" (ANI)