She first entered showbusiness on a cruise liner in the Pacific, later working extensively as a singer with her Sally Sagoe Band.
[1] One of her first notable acting roles was playing Celia in the 1985 Joseph Losey film Steaming.
She played Hasana Jackson, whose daughter Ami (Naomie Harris) is one of the titular teenagers.
In 2002 she became the entertainments manager for Thomson's Holidays cruise ship "The Emerald"[citation needed].
More recently she is entertainment director on Cunard, where she served on the Queen Victoria between 2013 and 2018[citation needed].