In 1994, when eight years old, she won the role of Isabel in the film
Loch Ness (1996), having beat off thousands of other hopefuls who also
auditioned. The film's
John Henderson said that the role required a child who
'possessed that intangible quality that would make [the audience] buy
the fact that she holds the secret of the Loch', which was why Kirsty,
with her 'Bette Davis eyes', was so perfectly cast.
