 In 1990, at the age of 13, Bright was cast as Joanna Burrows in TV series "The Upper Hand" alongside William Puttock, Joe McGann, Diana Weston and Honor Blackman which ran for six years.After "The Upper Hand" had finished, Bright has said that she struggled to make ends meet.She says, "I didn't have any acting work, so I got a job waiting on tables to pay the mortgage, but it was while The Upper Hand was still on air.