Trained at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Tring, England
Made her screen debut in the 1977 BBC adaptation of The Children of the New Forest, playing Clara Ratcliffe
Appeared in the 1988 British premiere of Brian Friel's play Aristocrats at the Hampstead Theatre in London and the production went on to win the Evening Standard Award for Best Play of 1988
Conducted the official opening in 2008 of Pat Cohan's Gastro Pub in Cong, County Mayo, where the 1951 John Wayne vehicle The Quiet Man was filmed
Spent several years traveling with her husband, professional chess player Michael Adams, as a journalist and photographer covering his tournaments