| Early Career | Her first singing engagement was at age 14 at the Montrose Club in Liverpool. In 1987 she appeared in the Southport Summer Youth Theatre Workshop production of Hair. |
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| Television | - Brookside (Lindsey Corkhill)
- Coronation Street (Cassie Plummer, from 2023)
- Strictly Come Dancing (series one, 2004; eliminated in week five)
- Presenter of 60 Minute Makeover (2004 to 2006)
- Presenter of I'm Famous and Frightened! (series four, 2005)
- Other credits include Clocking Off, Holby City, Merseybeat, Candy Cabs and Benidorm
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| Stage | - Roxie Hart in Chicago, Adelphi Theatre, West End
- Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, Piccadilly Theatre, opposite Patrick Swayze
- Title role in Educating Rita
- Tell Me on a Sunday (2011 production)
- Miss Hannigan in Annie
- Velma Von-Tussle in UK tour of Hairspray (2015 and 2016)
- Co-wrote Sex in Suburbia, staged at the Royal Court Liverpool
- Miss Hannigan in the UK and Ireland tour of Annie (announced 2026)
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| Music | | Debut album | Claire (2002), peaked at number 15 on the UK Albums Chart |
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| Other | Became a forces sweetheart in 2002 and entertained British Army troops serving in Afghanistan |
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| Radio | Began presenting Magic of the Musicals on Magic Radio in 2015 |
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