She was born in Rossendale Valley, Lancashire.
Television credits
Absolutely Fabulous, Bad Girl, Boon, Heartland, Henry IV, Hunt for Venus, La Nonna, Leaving Home, Never Mind the Horrocks, Nightlife, Red Dwarf, Road, Roots, Some Kind of Life, Suffer the Little Children, The Garden, Welcome to the Times
Film credits
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davies, Deadly Advice, Getting it Right, Life is Sweet, Memphis Belle, Second Best, Self-Catering, The Dressmaker, The Fifteen Streets, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Witches