Born January 22, 1963· Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
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Born in England in 1963, she entered the acting world after training that led to a supporting part in James Ivory’s Oscar-winning film Howards End (1992). She later became a familiar face on British television through two long-running soap characters: Debbie Bates in EastEnders during the mid-1990s and the flamboyant Cat Matthews in Family Affairs from its debut in 1998 until the series concluded…