- She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Drama in London, England.
- Daughter of Geoffrey Lancashire, an early scriptwriter for Coronation Street (1960).
- Attended and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1986).
- Mother of Thomas Alan (b. August 1987) and Matthew Joseph Hargreaves (b. August 1989) from her first marriage.
- Gave birth to her son Joseph Peter at London's Portland Hospital on 26 March 2003. She and television executive husband Peter Salmon now have six boys between them.
- Friends with actress Shobna Gulati.
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