Her acting credits include Clarissa Mason in Coronation Street and Sarah Olmsted in Mr Holland's Opus.
On British TV she has appeared in several episodes of Doctors and guest starred in New Tricks and "Holby City".
She's been a guest on Loose Women and is the Head of the Delegation in the 2010 John Travolta/Luc Besson action film From Paris with Love.
On American TV, Boyd made appearances on Party of Five, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and The Bernie Mac Show.
In November 2009 she co-starred with Danny Webb in Visiting Hours, a short film written for her and directed by Steve Hughes.
Boyd plays the Chief of Delegation in the Luc Beeson (Europacorp) film From Paris with Love, with John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
She wrote, directed and produced her debut feature film, a supernatural thriller called Widow's Walk.
In October 2019 Widow's Walk world premiered at the Chelsea Film Festival in New York where it won the award for Best Cinematography (DP Alex Veitch).
It won the Mention d'Honnuer at the "Sport Movies & TV - Milano International FICTS Fest" in December 2014.