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She won £16,550 in a special Doctor Who edition of The Weakest Link in 2006.

Will star in the new series of Doctor Who (2005) which began production three weeks ago. She will play the mother of the new companion, Rose Tyler (played by Billie Piper) opposite Christopher Eccleston's Doctor. The character, called Jackie, will appear in at least six out of the thirteen episodes currently being filmed on location in Cardiff and London by BBC Wales and it is expected to air on BBC in March 2005. (August 2004)

Claims that the biggest influences of her career are Lucy Parker and Mary Selway. She states that they are "two amazing women."

Children: Rosa Bianca (born January 1993), Santino Gabriel (born January 1996).