Her first major role came in 1993 in an episode of the third series of Peak Practice on ITV as a cystic fibrosis sufferer, Vanessa Machin. She is best known for her role as Ellie Pascoe, wife of one of the title characters, Peter Pascoe in Dalziel and Pascoe, a popular BBC television drama series based on Reginald Hill's novels. She appeared in the series regularly between 1996 and 2000, returning for a guest appearance in 2005.