She starred as Dorothy in the 1981 film Gregory's Girl, and played Anne-Marie Wade in the ITV soap opera Crossroads from 1985 to 1988.
She is the fourth of five daughters born to dental technician Bobbie Hepburn and his wife Madeline.
[1] After training in acting and dancing, she took a part as a schoolgirl in a 1978 STV production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie where she was credited as Dory Hepburn.
[2] She starred in the 1980 film Gregory's Girl playing John Gordon Sinclair's love interest Dorothy,[2] for which she won the Variety Club actress of the year award.
[4] She started a career in television, appearing in the Glasgow set series Maggie, and presenting It's a Knockout.