She has appeared in the films Ella Enchanted (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Dinner for Schmucks, (both 2010) and Into the Woods (2014).

[4] She performed with the National Youth Theatre from 1993 to 1997, and began a course at University College London before dropping out to become an actress.

[6] Her other TV credits include the naive daughter of Alison Steadman's character in the short-lived series Let Them Eat Cake which starred French and Saunders.

She starred as a football player in the children's TV show Renford Rejects, and played the role of the victim Melissa Townsend in the 19th episode of Midsomer Murders.

[10] She played the murder victim and actress Eve Draper in Edgar Wright's film Hot Fuzz (2007).

[12] Punch was cast as Deena Pilgrim, the female lead in the TV pilot Powers,[13] but the role was recast.