She was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress of
2003 for her performance in "After Miss Julie" at the Donmar Warehouse.
She became the youngest actress ever to be nominated for that category
(aged 26).
She received an audition for the hit British show, Prime Suspect (1991), after writing a letter to the producers.
Married her fiancé Kyle Baugher, a financier, in a private ceremony in Somerset, England. The couple had been in a relationship since 2010.