First memory: Sitting under my grandfather's desk
First ambition: To be Doris Day
First disillusionment: Failing 11 Plus
First stage appearance: In a school concert aged 10
First screen appearance: 'Taggart' for ITV (as an actress)
First trip abroad: To Paris aged 12
First alcoholic drink: A Blue Lagoon
First love: John Yardley
First car/motorcycle: Mini Clubman Estate
First property purchase: A 4 bedroom house in Clapham, London SW4
First thing I'd save from a fire: My children
First impression I give: No idea
First thing I do with time off: Go home!
