Best known to most audiences as Septa Mordane on HBO's Game of Thrones.
She was a theater actress who trained at Rose Bruford College and appeared in productions of Henry IV and The Wild Duck.
She is a stage veteran with a knack for Shakespeare, having appeared in productions of Romeo and Juliet, Richard III, and Twelfth Night.
She married Richard Moll in 1993.
She won acclaim after appearing with Meryl Streep in the Oscar-winning 2012 film The Iron Lady.