Her parents were Sir Reginald Eyre, a British Conservative party politician, and Anne Clements.
In 1990, Eyre obtained a role as Zinnie in the film The Children with Kim Novak and Ben Kingsley.
[9] Aged 12, Eyre acted in her final role – as the Kid Clementina in an episode of the television series Jeeves and Wooster.
[11] Eyre is known for her long-form interviews with celebrities, publishing her works in the London Evening Standard Magazine, where she is a contributing editor.
[19] Eyre cites Borges, Dorothy Parker and Charles Dickens as influences.