[citation needed] She attended Hillhead High School and is a former member of the Scottish Youth Theatre.

[2] Fraser's first big break was playing Door in the BBC's dark fantasy series Neverwhere in 1996.

She starred in the BBC film The Tribe (1998), and played Lavinia in Titus (1999) as well as Justine in Virtual Sexuality (1999) and Candice in Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000).

In 2010, it was announced that she would portray Jessica Brody in the pilot for the Showtime political thriller series Homeland.

[4] From 2012 to 2013, she portrayed Lydia Rodarte-Quayle in the final season of the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad.