- 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 Hargreaves (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.
- She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours List and the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2025 King's New Years Honours List for her services to Drama. She is an actress in London, England.
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