Sarted out her career in a punk band called The Family Von Trapp. She apparently secured her first presenting job on channel 4's The Tube (1982) after the band had a failed audition for the show.
Attended the Glasgow School of Art, graduating with a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design and Illustration. One of her fellow graduates was the actor Peter Capaldi.
I've been on TV since I was 24 and recognised for most of my life, and had torrents of abuse. I once called U2 British by mistake and was sent a card with used condoms used as the writing stapled on, telling me off.