She first appeared on the London stage in September 1859, in Ivy Hall, adapted by John Oxenford from Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre by Octave Feuillet.
[2] In January 1860 she appeared in original productions staged by Madame Céleste, manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London: as Lucie Manette in A Tale of Two Cities, and later as Milaine de St Ange in The House on the Bridge of Notre Dame.
At the Royal Strand Theatre in October 1863 she played the leading role in the original production of Miriam's Crime by H. T.
[2] In September 1866 at the Surrey Theatre she played the lead female role, Mrs Truegold, in True to the Core by A. R. Slous.
This was the prize drama for that year in a competition established in the will of the actor Thomas Cooke and administered by the Royal Dramatic College.