Studied English Literature at Cambridge University.
Is the fifth of seven children.
Began taking drama lessons when she was eight.
Has two children.
Was voted one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people in 1994.
Studied printing and photography at St. Martin's College in London.
When she played Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare Shorts (1996), it was set not in the original
medieval times, but about 50 years in the future in an industrial
setting. The reasons for all the conflict were global warming and
industrialization.
Mother, with husband Alejandro Sol, of son Alejandro Sol Jr. (b. April 2005) and daughter Rafaella Sol (b. June 2010).