Her singing and dancing ability suggested a promising future but it was in a straight acting role as Mariette in the successful British television series "The Darling Buds of May" (1991–1993), an adaptation of H. E. Bates' novel of the same name that brought her to public attention and made her a British tabloid darling.
Igro so začeli izvajati samo v Veliki Britaniji in leta 1987 je kot Peggy Sawyer zaigrala v gledališki igri "42nd Street" v gledališču Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.