She played Cynthia 'Cyd' Pyke on the BBC One hospital drama Casualty and Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford in the Showtime 2007–2010 series The Tudors.
Her father, Ronan, is an accountant and her mother, Edel, is a volunteer teacher.
She attended St. Brigid's Girls' School in Cabinteely and St Joseph of Cluny Killiney.
She moved to London from Ireland and was working as a BBC tour guide when she auditioned for a role on Casualty.
[1] She later played Anne Boleyn's sister-in-law, Lady Jane Rochford, in Showtime's The Tudors.