Trained as a psychiatric nurse and having worked in that capacity until 1986.
Best known to TV audiences for her role as Mrs. Moore in the Doctor Who installments Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel.
Author of the play Mental (based on her experience as a psychiatric nurse), co-written with Jo Brand, which toured to Edinburgh Fringe. Awarded Best Actress by BAFTA Cymru for the film Little White Lies.