Winter's first job was as a lab assistant at an atomic energy research company, and she tried returning to study and working in sales before developing an interest in performing magic in her late thirties.
[citation needed] Presto was part of the UK touring show Champions of Magic from 2014 to 2017, alongside fellow magicians Edward Hilsum, Alex McLear and Young & Strange.
[7] She was profiled in the BBC documentary series 40 Minutes in 1994 in the episode "Fay Presto: Illusions of Grandeur" directed by Sally George.
[10] In 2012 Winter won the title of The Magic Circle Close-up Magician of the Year 2012.
[12] Winter is a transgender woman, and regularly organises and performs in benefits to support the rights of women, children and the LGBT community.