The couple met on a blind date in 2001 and later got engaged; however, the relationship ended in 2007..[7] Brett revealed in January 2011 that she was pregnant with her first child.
[8] Young Brett enjoyed drama in her youth, but she needed an Equity Card to be a paid professional actress in the UK,[5] she replied to an advert in The Stage and joined Circo Magico Italiano, a travelling circus, at the age of 17 in Mexico and Central America Her first television role was as the officer manager in London's Burning (1993).
She later appeared in The Bill in two roles: as Emma Gilmore (1996) and Irene Murray (1998), and also in My Hero (2002) playing a female customer.
Brett reprised the role for a short stint seven years later, with Jane making an unannounced return on 15 July 2024.
[10] On 15 March 2012, it was announced Brett would be joining the BBC's ongoing drama Waterloo Road as Christine Mulgrew, a new English teacher hired by headmaster Michael Byrne (Alec Newman).
Brett confirmed via Twitter that she will continue filming on Waterloo Road in late spring 2014 and stayed in the role until the show ended.