Speaks French and Spanish. Her brother is a translator.
She is a soprano.
Gave birth to her first child at age 36, a son Sam Serafinowicz in April 2007. Later she gave birth to her second child, a daughter named Phoebe Serafinowicz. Children's father is her husband, Peter Serafinowicz.
Her father was the current affairs producer and editor Frank Smith.
Is writing her own comedy series about journalists with two writers
from the Armstrong and Miller production team.