Los Angeles, Jan 8 (TIWN / IANS) Singer Taylor Swift "holds her own" as an actress, according to her "Cats" co-star Idris Elba.

Speaking to Access Hollywood backstage at the 76th Golden Globes on Sunday evening, Elba said: "Taylor and I have known each other for a couple of years and we're cool you know. She is a good girl; she is a great artiste and she has got a really great heart. 

"I'm so excited to work with her in this film, she is going to be amazing. And not only is she a musician but she is an actress as well. I'm an actor, she has got chops. She holds her own. There is no doubt."

Swift previously gushed about her fans and how she feels "so lucky" to have fans that "care" about her, reports femalefirst.co.uk.