[1] A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Parish has acted on British television for over two decades.

Another television role was as Lola Christie, the girlfriend of Mick McFarlane, the manager of the EastEnders night cafe, in 1998.

[4] Parish returned to EastEnders in May 2006, but this time playing regular character Denise Fox.

[5] She departed from the soap opera temporarily in January 2008 in order to give birth to her daughter, returning in June that year.

[6] Parish appeared as Millie in the 1996 film Indian Summer (also released under the title Alive And Kicking).