Hawkins was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland but now lives in a rural part of France and sang in cover bands for 20 years before she began creating original material.

In 2019, she featured on French house & funk Dj Eugène de Rastignac's single "Won't You Save My Soul" released on SPACE PARTY Records.

The album included one of the original Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, David Hood and musicians Clayton Ivey and Will McFarlane - supporting a line up of international artists covering songs recorded in Alabama.

She joined Grammy Award winning Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Popa Chubby and Kirk Fletcher as festival headliners in July 2022, in the town of Cahors, France.

She joined an international cast including Fra Fee, Joe Rooney, Adele King, as well as a 70-member choir, and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra for the launch of the production of Angel of Broadway in Dublin.