Most well known for her roles as Moira Barton and Trish McDonald on the respective United Kingdom soap operas Emmerdale and Take the High Road, she is also notable for her roles as PC Andrea Dunbar on The Bill and Dr. Jude Carlyle on Doctors. During her youth, she studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She first appeared on-screen at the age of nine, and, at age thirteen, received a BBC Young Entertainer of the Year Award for her work on the show Going Live!
