She was a dancer with the British dance troupe Hot Gossip which appeared regularly on The Kenny Everett Video Show in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United Kingdom.
[2] In the 1980s Lister was a backing vocalist for a number of pop music acts, including Billy Idol, with whom she had a nine-year relationship.
[4] In 1978, she was a member of the dance troupe Hot Gossip, which performed on British television's The Kenny Everett Video Show.
Lister began a relationship with rock singer Billy Idol in 1980, over whom she allegedly exerted a big influence.
[6][7] She sang the French lyrical backing vocal chorus, "Les yeux sans visage" on his 1984 hit single "Eyes Without a Face";[2][6] and appeared in several of his music videos, including "White Wedding" in which she played the bride; "To Be a Lover"; and she was the girl bound to a cross in the second video for his song "Hot in the City".