She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Drama in London, England.
Gave birth to her son Joseph Peter at London's Portland Hospital on 26
March 2003 weighing in at 8lb 2oz. She and TV executive husband
Peter Salmon now have six boys between them.
Graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1986.
Mother of Thomas Alan (b. August 1987) and Matthew Joseph Hargreaves (b. August 1989) from her 1st marriage.