She was born to an English father who worked in the oil industry and a Norwegian mother.
[3] After nine years at this theatre she decided to take a break, and in 2003 she moved on to do guest performances at Trøndelag Teater and Centralteatret.
[6] Her effort at Centralteatret in the double role as "Shen Te" and "Shui Ta" in Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Sezuan (2006) was called "excellent" and "the most important reason" to watch the play.
[8] In the same year she was also nominated for an Amanda Award for the same role, but lost to Hildegun Riise.
[2] She later became romantically involved with Anderz Eide, a freelance actor at Trøndelag Teater.