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• Daughter of a cardiologist (father) and nurse (mother).
• While living with her mother in Putney, south London, she used to babysit her neighbor's baby girl, who turned out to be TV presenter and former model Davina McCall.
• Studied at the Drama Centre London and graduated in 1973.
• Started her career in repertory theater in the U.K.
• Bought a house in Clapham, south London, when she found success with The Jewel in the Crown and was also pregnant with her daughter.
• In 2003, was named an OBE (Officer of the British Empire) for her services to Drama.
• A patron and supporter of The National Association For Children Of Alcoholics.