From 1982 to 1985, she was vice president of planning and development for DL Taffner Ltd, Los Angeles, and from 1995 to 1996 she was managing director of Anglia Television Entertainment Ltd – a joint venture between HBO and the ITV Company.
She is known for her work on The Dawning, starring Anthony Hopkins, Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard, Hugh Grant, Rebecca Pidgeon and Adrian Dunbar and several television films and series (such as Seekers, starring Academy Award winner Brenda Fricker, and Life After Life, written by Jonathan Lynn).
At the end of her life in 2008 she was working with Anne Chambers, author of the biography Granuaile: Ireland's Pirate Queen, on a film about Grace O'Malley.
She developed and executive produced the Baldi series, starring David Threlfall which aired its fifth season in 2008.
Educated at Heathfield School in Ascot, Berkshire, she was a solicitor and a literary agent[3] before becoming a film producer.