She has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Leeds University.
She won an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress
in a Play for "Stanley" in 1997. She shared the award with Allison Janney and
Celia Weston.
Olivier winner as supporting Actress for her role in 'Stanley' .
Won Equity's 2015 Clarence Derwent Award, which recognizes supporting actors in New York and London, for playing Volumnia in the Donmar Warehouse production of Coriolanus.