She is known for her roles as Yvonne Atkins in the ITV prison drama series Bad Girls and Shirley Carter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
[3] She spent some time with the Old Vic Youth Theatre, and at 17, she went to the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
[5] In 1999, Henry began portraying Yvonne Atkins in the ITV prison series Bad Girls.
After departing from the series in 2003, she appeared in various British television programmes including The Bill, Birds of a Feather, Touching Evil, Cracker, A Touch of Frost,[6] Trial & Retribution as Marilyn Spark and EastEnders, where she played Lorraine Salter, the mother of Mandy Salter (Nicola Stapleton).
[9] Henry pleaded not guilty and stood trial on 11 February 2015 at Bexley Magistrates' Court in south London.