[2] She was talent-spotted whilst performing a play at the Latchmere pub theatre, and subsequently won the role of Jenny in the successful ITV drama London's Burning in 1995.
[4] Film credits include The Clandestine Marriage (1999);[5] The Criminal (1999); Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000);[5] Greenfingers (2000);[5] Another Life (2001);[5] Byron (2003);[5] Vanity Fair (2004),[3] where she played Lady Jane Sheepshanks; The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (2004),[5] and A Congregation of Ghosts 2009) among others.
[5] Theatre roles include Voyage Round My Father;[5] The Vagina Monologues;[5] Les Mains;[5] The Alchemist,[5] and the Richard Eyre play The Novice.
She was originally contracted to star in the film Enigma (2001), but the role was subsequently given to the actress Kate Winslet, who had previously turned the part down due to her pregnancy, but changed her mind.
[7] She played Ann Shapland in Agatha Christie's Poirot (Cat Among the Pigeons),[5] Megan Hudson in Mistresses, Nemo's mother in Mr. Nobody,[5] Flick in The Boys Are Back,[5] and Allanah Mountstuart in Any Human Heart.
[5] In 2011 she portrayed the wife of hostage negotiator Dominic King (played by Trevor Eve) in the three-part drama Kidnap and Ransom, alongside Helen Baxendale.