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 attended Associate Classes at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts and 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. I am also a regular MC at The Cock Tavern alongside headline acts such as Adam Bloom, Robin Ince and Shazia Mirza.

I am also a regular contributor on the Late Show on BBC Radio London and BBC Radio 5 Live and have reviewed the newspapers for Sky News.  I have performed warm up in English & Spanish and English & French as part of a prize winning, groundbreaking radio drama season The Works. In addition, I presented my own weekly radio show on Break FM where I was able to relive my former years as an 80s soul girl. 

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.

Television and film roles include putting my perfect German to good use as a housewife in the BBC/HBO TV series Band of Brothers, and in German post-sync work for the film, The Flying Scotsman. I have also recently appeared in several short films, and am currently working with the director Mick Pantaleo on our next short film together.