[1] As a child she trained in tap, ballet and modern dance attending the Billie Barry Stage School at the age of eight.
[2] Her breakthrough role came in 1991 when she appeared as backing singer Imelda Quirke in Alan Parker's The Commitments.
[4] In 1997 Ball starred alongside Brendan Gleeson in John Boorman's The General, where she portrayed Tina Lawless, the sister-in-law and mistress of real life Dublin crime boss Martin Cahill.
Throughout the 2000s, Ball appeared in a number of UK TV series including Doc Martin, Shameless and Mr Selfridge.
On 26 May 2008, she made her debut as Maggie Townsend on the BBC soap opera EastEnders;[5] her final appearance was on 11 June 2008.