Established stage actress.
Has a house in London and also rents a flat in Swaffham in Norfolk.
Has a son, Angus Imrie (b. 1994), with actor Benjamin Whitrow.
Her Scottish father David worked as a radiologist, and her English mother Diana was a housewife.
She appeared with her son, Angus Imrie, in the UK TV series "Kingdom" (2007), playing mother and son.
Trained at the Guildford School of Acting.
Worked extensively with Victoria Wood and John Sessions.