- Her terrible stage fright settled her on the path of directing.
- Frequently casts Robert Carlyle.
- By her 17th birthday she was working as an assistant stage manager at Coventry Rep, where she also became involved in publicity, theatre administration and acting.
- The daughter of a stage manager mother, Rosemary, and an actor father, Michael Bird.
- A former theatre director, she worked at the Royal Court theatre, London, for six years. Runs 4-Way film production company with Robert Carlyle.
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