Born in London and raised from infancy in Paisley, Scotland, she later honed her craft studying drama at Manchester University. Emerging on Channel 4’s Five Alive in the late 1980s, she quickly became a staple of British comedy, co-writing and starring in the double-Emmy-winning sketch series Smack the Pony and appearing in Chris Morris’s The Day Today and Brass Eye. Film work includes The Borrowe…
