 A highlight of her early years was being selected by Jeffrey Smart ("Phidias" of the "Argonauts Club") for a travelling art scholarship to Japan.At the age of 18 she was accepted as a drama student by NIDA and moved to Sydney.Theatre roles include "The Lady of the Camellias", "Hamlet", "Celluloid Heroes", "The Ride Across Lake Constance", "Shadows of Blood", "Rooted", "Kennedy's Children".