Since departing from Casualty, she has appeared in various television series including Bang, In My Skin and The Pembrokeshire Murders.

After working at one particular school for three months, she was offered a permanent contract, which she declined due to wanting to pursue acting full-time.

[6] In 1991, Packer co-founded BiBi Crew, Britain's first comedy theatre troupe made up entirely of Black women.

[7] After she gained an audition for the BBC drama Casualty and was cast as Tess Bateman, she began appearing onscreen from September 2003.

[13] Packer met American actor Jesse Newman while on a tour in Europe, and the pair later married, and had a son together.