Perhaps best known for her role as Daisy Robinson (later Daisy Mason) in the television phenomenon Downton Abbey, she was previously best known for her role as Ros McCain in series 5 of Waterloo Road. She has been featured in the television series Emmerdale and Doctors as well. She got her first acting break on stage when she was 12 years old in a production of The Goodbye Girl. She attended the Footsteps Theatre School after high school.