English actress, born in Hastings, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom. Her Irish father, Dr. James McMurray, is a pathologist. She attended St Mary's Catholic Primary School, in Hastings. She then trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She began her television career in 1970 on the television series A Family at War and was cast as Freda Ashton. She became more known after appearing in The Beiderbecke Affair (1985), The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987), and The Beiderbecke Connection (1988).