Born in Preston, Lancs, I made my stage debut at the grand age of 4 with my parents' cabaret act - Bill and Belle, Comedy and Song! I sang three songs with mum and dad and was presented with my first pay packet - two shiny half crowns in a brown paper envelope.
Since leaving Aberystwyth University with a drama degree, I've worked all over the country in Theatre, Film, TV and Radio, at first solely as an actor and then later as a writer and director.
After a sabbatical in 2016 to pursue an MA in Creative Writing at Lancaster University, my partner, Mark Alexander and I moved to Dumfries and Galloway, where Mark is director of the oldest theatre in Scotland and I'm concentrating on my writing - a poetry collection and my first novel.