Film director
Frequently casts: Robert Carlyle.
A former theatre director, she worked at the Royal Court theatre, London, for six years. Runs 4-Way film production company with Robert Carlyle.
Was a vegetarian.
Her terrible stage fright settled her on the path of directing.
By her 17th birthday she was working as an assistant stage manager at Coventry Rep, where she also became involved in publicity, theatre administration and acting.
The daughter of a stage manager mother, Rosemary, and an actor father, Michael Bird.
