A London Scot, I went on to study for a Joint Honours Degree in German and Russian in Reading, Vienna, Moscow and Kiev. I later gained a Master of Arts in Drama at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Over the years I have lived and worked in Austria, the then Soviet Union, Spain, France and Germany. As a result, I speak fluent French and speak German like a native and when called upon can do a very convincing Austrian German/Viennese accent!

In the last couple of years I have developed a stand up comedy career and was selected as one of the finalists for the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year Competition and an Amused Moose Hot Sarlet. I am the resident MC for Laughing Cows in London, Birmingham and Berlin. In 2008 I was one of the warm up acts for  the Puppetry of the Penis tour; and in 2009 supported Shazia Mirza for part of the tour of her one woman show.   I have also gigged abroad in Dublin and appeared several times in Berlin performing in both English and German.

I have worked as a regular contributor on the Late Show on BBC Radio London and on BBC Radio 5 Live, and reviewed the newspapers for Sky News.   I have also appeared as a contributor on BBC Radio Northern Ireland and BBC Radio Manchester and BBC Radio Newcastle. I have also performed warm up in English & Spanish and English & French as part of a prize winning radio drama season, The Works. I also presented my own weekly radio show, Mo's Soul Show, on Break FM.

Theatre work ranges from playing Miriam – an alcoholic New York Jewish mother with a gay son - in the two-hander, Roger and Miriam, to Clytemnestra in Electra. I workshopped Philoctetes at the National Theatre Studio, and As You Like It with Sphinx Theatre. I was also a member of the café theatre group - Meceuil Théâtre de Paris - whilst living in Paris. In 2009 I played Saunders in a production of Fallen Angels at the English Theatre Berlin.

Television and film roles include putting my perfect German to good use as a housewife in the BBC/HBO TV series Band of Brothers. I have also recently appeared in several short films.