- Was pulling pints for real in between acting jobs when she learned she had got the part of barmaid Violet Wilson in Coronation Street.
- Trained at East 15 Acting School, and has appeared in many theatre roles.
- Gave birth to her daughter Matilda two weeks late, fathered by boyfriend Rupert Hill, weighing in at 7lbs 10oz (11 April 2010).
- Returned to work 11 months after giving birth to her daughter Matilda in order to begin filming her one-off return on Coronation Street (1960).
- Her Coronation Street (1960) character Violet Wilson became the 21st woman on the soap opera to give birth. Violet had a son Dylan (played by Connor McCheyne and Liam McCheyne), born on 22 February 2008.
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