Wilson grew up in Hertfordshire, England with her younger brother Matt, and sister, Olivia.
As a girl Wilson was determined to be an actress, and she studied Performing Arts at North Hertfordshire College and attended drama classes in the evenings and at weekends at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London.
[1] Her big break came as Jess Brown in the Canadian sci-fi series Tracker, appearing in 8 episodes between 2001–2002.
After leaving Casualty Wilson appeared in Channel 4's comedy series Peep Show in 2007.
She has filmed a pilot for a new sitcom called T.V or Not T.V, is shooting an episode of The Anthony Falcon Show and has appeared in Better Off Ted (2010) for NBC/FOX and House (2011).