After almost ten years in that role, Symons moved to the UK and was immediately cast as Louise Appleton in the British soap Emmerdale.

For nearly a year, she worked in shops before getting a break in a post office training video.

She was also a contestant in the 2007 series of Dancing on Ice, but was voted out in the semi-final following a skate-off against Blue's Duncan James.

[3] She dated her Emmerdale co-star Matt Healy, who played Matthew King.

[4] On 3 August 2015, Symons gave birth to her first child with her then-partner Paul Jackson.