The pair's arrival in the show was heavily publicised and the subject of a documentary entitled Making It at Holby, chronicling their casting process,[5] which entailed seven weeks of auditions, including group workshops to allow the series producers to gauge candidates' personalities.
However, the casting directors felt that she would be better suited to Mickie, the quieter character[7] and "mild mannered" counterpart to Donna's "sassy staff nurse".
[8] She and Jacobs were paired together during a three-hour workshop, and the producers detected an "instant spark" between them, leading to their dual casting.
[9] In the aftermath of the Mickie/Donna storyline, the BBC banned its actresses from appearing in raunchy photo-shoots, after Jacobs and Adams were photographed in intimate poses while dressed in nurse's uniforms for various "lads' mags".
In 2009, Adams joined the cast of long-running BBC1 drama series Hustle for its fifth season, playing the role of Emma Kennedy, a new member of Mickey Bricks' crew of con artists.