She is best known for her long-running role as the sexy but haughty Dr. Zara Carmichael in the afternoon soap opera Doctors (2000). She is the daughter of the renowned Irish actor Dermot Walsh and the actress Elisabeth Annear.
She was nine months pregnant with her son Bertie when she took maternity leave from filming Doctors (2000).
She has an older brother, David Charles Walsh (b. 1969), and a younger sister, Olivia Claudia Walsh (b. 1977).
She gave birth to her son Bertie in a London hospital (23 May 2012).
She announced that she is eight months pregnant with her first child (24 April 2012).
She returned to work four months after giving birth to her son Bertie in order to resume filming Doctors (2000).
Trained at RADA but left early to star in BBC'TV's Unfilnished Business.
Won a Golden Globe for Get Shorty.
Educated at West Heath (Princess Anne' School).
Had a chateau in Maine, a house in Florida and owns 3 jet s.