Upon recovery, she responded to an advertisement for volunteer drama and voice specialists in Nigeria, helping women and children find self-empowerment through theatre.
Her Shakespearean credits include Juliet at the Bristol Old Vic, Miranda in The Tempest, Luciana in Comedy of Errors, Olivia in Twelfth Night and Octavia in Antony and Cleopatra at the Chichester Festival Theatre.
She played Mrs. Crachit in A Christmas Carol in Stockholm and toured in the most recent production of Macbeth with Actors From The London Stage.
Her other roles include Annie in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, Suzanne in The Scarlet Pimpernel at Her Majesty's Theatre, and Mrs. Bradman in Blithe Spirit.
Gradwell's television credits include appearances in Wilderness Edge, Howards' Way, Adventure Game, Let's Pretend, and Return of Shelley.