Born: 16th June, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK

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Back in 1997 Heather’s professional career started with nearly two years in Rep theatre, her professional debut being a ‘loverly’ stint as Eliza Doolittle in “My Fair Lady”, followed by an acclaimed performance as Miranda in Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” at The New Vic Theatre.

She soon swapped the stage paint for the lights, camera, action of television appearing in a variety of the box’s favourite shows, including “Emmerdale”, “The Bill” and BBC’s “Dangerfield”.

Heather soon progressed to leading lady and went on to push the phallic boundaries in major drama series. In “London’s Burning” she played Sally Fields, the only female firefighter on the show and stayed for four series. Later she donned a different uniform to play the first ever female member of the SAS, Becca Gallagher, in “Ultimate Force” alongside Ross Kemp for two series.

Showing her versatility as an actress, her next major role was totally against type as single mum Fiona Jones in two series of Kay Mellor’s “The Chase” for the BBC, with Gaynor Faye and Nicola Stephenson.

Currently, Heather stars as DS Sam Murray in the BBC 3 drama “Lip Service”. The show was groundbreaking stuff and was recommissioned for a second season due to its huge popularity, both in the UK and internationally. The new series is expected to air on BBC3 in spring 2012.

As well as acting, Heather has always had a passion for music. She started learning piano at the age of six and began singing and writing music at an early age. She paid her way through drama school by holding a three year Sunday jazz residency at Velvet, Canal St, Manchester.

She was once signed to Simon Cowell’s label BMG, releasing a cover of “The Rose” on the back of “London’s Burning,” but despite continuing to write and sing in her spare time, the quick success of her acting career meant that her music was kept on the back burner. Until now.

2010 was a massive year for Heather. She made the decision to throw her white Gretsch guitar over her shoulder, dust off her lyric book and embark on an acoustic tour. Throughout November and December, she drove around the country selling out 180 capacity venues within hours of tickets going on sale. She was placed in the Top 40 of ‘The Independent on Sunday’s’ annual Pink List and number 12 on US based website, Afterellen.com’s readers’ list of “Favourite Out Celebrities”. Her Twitter following shot up, and she was besieged by messages from fans asking for more gig dates and for her to make an album.

She duly recorded an acoustic album for fans entitled “This Is Me” which has now sold thousands of copies through her website and in April 2011 she set out on a sell out UK tour of 500 capacity venues with her new band and new material.

She will appear at many of this year’s summer festivals and her first studio album will be produced by the Oscar-nominated Nigel Wright (Madonna, Barbara Streisand) and released in spring 2012.

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