 She spent time in Berlin, Moscow, London, Athens, Tangier, as well as her native USA.She moved to London permanently in 1984 and worked as a singer and dancer, working on Michael Clark's "I Am Curious, Orange" in 1988 and the Pet Shop Boys' 1991 "Performance" tour.Following the end of this tour, she auditioned to become a presenter on Channel 4's late-night magazine show "The Word", beating more than five thousand hopefuls for the job.