This person was born on the 13 th June 1964 in London . As a child she was brought up in foster homes for a short time after her mother died , until her father who was an alcoholic could regain custody, which was not a good thing for her as she ended up an alcoholic by the age of 18. She attended Maria Fidelis Secondary School in Euston and was encouraged there to go into acting. From school she enrolled at the famous Anna Scher Theatre School in Islington and at the age of 17 she was spotted by the film director Mal Zetterling and she then appeared in her first screen role in the film Scrubbers.

At the age of 22 she wrote her first play called “Mr Thomas ” which was shown at her old drinking hole called “The Old Red Lion”.

She then directed another play called Boom Bang-a- Bang , and whilst doing this she still found time to do more acting starring in roles such as Margaret Mundy - Dancing At Lughnasa, Queen Mary Tudor- Elizabeth, Valerie - Nil By Mouth, & Mrs Ted -Ted & Ralph. She also starred in a few more TV shows such as Life's A Bitch , The History Of Tom Jones & Common As Muck , she was also the narrator in 1999 on the Tv show ” Pleasure Island ”

Into the late 90's & early 2000 she turned down a lot of acting roles even though she was one of the hottest acts on stage, screen and television. But she did start doing more directing and brought out 3 plays in one year. A couple of roles in which she did play were Angie Martin - The Martin's, Mrs Rutter- Anita & Me & Kathy - Love ,Honour & Obey.

She is probably best remembered acting alongside Harry Endfield as Waynetta slob and of course the sulky teenager Perry. And of course her very strangely dressed, rude but very funny character Linda La Hughes in the hugely popular TV show Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie , She is of course: