Television and film actress who is best recognized for her work on the series' Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Midsomer Murders, and Coronation Street. In 2009 she co-starred in the romantic comedy Chéri.
Her first on-screen appearance was on the 1968 TV series Ukridge.
In 2000 she was cast in a stage production of Ghosts.
She was married to the musician Sting from 1976 to 1984.
She co-starred in a production of Shakespeare's Macbeth with Peter O'Toole.