Complex sentence: In the early 1990s, McKenna acted pantomimes and fringe theater, and won a supporting role in the Channel 4 soap opera "Brookside" before taking a career break in 1992 to have her first son, James.
Split into simpler sentences: In the early 1990s, McKenna acted pantomimes and fringe theater, and won a supporting role in the Channel 4 soap opera "Brookside". She took a career break in 1992 to have her first son, James.