A couple of years later, following two final rounds of casting at London's Pinewood Studios she narrowly lost out on the role of Mary Lennox in Warner Bros' The Secret Garden, directed by Agnieszka Holland.

In 1998 she was shortlisted for the title role in a film – adapted from another William Trevor novel – Felicia's Journey, directed by Atom Egoyan.

She has appeared in a number of independent films such as Brit flick Little Deaths (which premiered at Film4 Frightfest and the SXSW festival in the US)[4] and in the lead role of Kate Loughlin in Romantic Comedy The Callback Queen[5] which received a US run at George R. R. Martin's Jean Cocteau Cinema in February 2014[6] and was nominated for two IFTA awards in 2016 following its domestic cinema release.

[9] She has also starred in a number of award-winning short films, and received the 2017 Underground Cinema Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Oonagh in the IFTA Nominated LGBT drama Lily.

Amongst these are roles as Carol in Oleanna[10] by David Mamet, Estelle Rigault in No Exit[11] by Jean-Paul Sartre, Cathy Calhoun in the first European production of Orange Flower Water[12] by Craig Wright, and the world premiere of The Night Garden, developed by the Royal National Theatre Studio and first performed at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter.