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• First appeared on stage at the age of eleven in Les Miserables in 1987. 
• Worked as a waitress and a receptionist at a nightclub from 1996 for several years due to not being offered any roles.
• Voiced the Hero of Brightwall in video game Fable 3 in 2010.
• Voiced the role of medic Sharla in Monolith Soft's Xenoblade Chronicles in 2011.
• Won the Digital Spy Reader's Award for Best Female Soap Actor in 2014.
• Performed a Grease medley for the Children In Need charity alongside the Eastenders cast in 2014.
• Won both Best Actress and Best Dramatic Performance for her part in Eastenders at the 2015 British Soap Awards.
• Joined the thirteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2015 and with her partner, professional dancer Kevin Clifton, were runners-up.