[3] Her father Klas was an orthopaedic consultant and surgeon,[4] while her mother sold fur coats and Christmas trees in Kuwait.

[5] Buring attended secondary school at the American British Academy in Muscat, Oman with her childhood friend Stegath Dorr.

Buring played the role of the CND peace activist and student Adriana Doyle in series three, episode two, of Inspector George Gently, which was screened in the UK on BBC One in October 2010.

She also joined the cast of Downton Abbey, playing the role of the maid Edna Braithwaite in the 2012 Christmas special episode and the fourth season.

[8] In December 2012, Buring played protagonist Karen Clarke, a woman who is haunted by her past which eventually catches up with her, in a two-part drama called The Poison Tree that was broadcast on ITV1.

In July 2017, she played the lead role of Manchester police Detective Inspector Helen Weeks in BBC 4-part drama In the Dark.

[12] Other film roles include: Buring played the lead as Vera in Mathilde Dratwa's Milk and Gall in South London's Theatre503.