While the bulk of her work has been done in England, she has appeared in American film and television, and has posed for posters and magazine pictorials.

[1] Jakki became famous when, at her mother's encouragement,[1] she entered and won the inaugural Max Power magazine babes competition.

(Sky One) and played the lead in the short film Remember My Dream, directed by Joao Costa Menezes.

Degg won the Page 3 model charity special edition of BBC1's The Weakest Link, beating Leilani Dowding in the sudden death round, with her winnings going to the RSPCA.

[citation needed] However, her appearance on the show's 1,000th episode was short lived, as she was the first contestant eliminated on a countback.