An English actress born in 1975 in London. She trained as a dancer and graduated from the Actors' Institute in London. She started her career in 1998 with the role of Helen Jensen in the series Dream Team. She is best known for the movies Stardust (2007) and A Lonely Place to Die (2011), and the series Spotless (2015). In 2004 she married actor and musician John Simm, and they have two children.