 She studied English at Cambridge University.Her early acting roles included a schoolgirl witch in the 1986 adaptation of Jill Murphy's novel, "The Worst Witch" and a part in children's sitcom "News at Twelve" (1988) (for both these roles she was credited as "Lisa" Brice).She joined the cast of prison drama "Bad Girls" in Series 7, in 2005 as Pat Kerrigan, who is serving life in prison for the murder of her ex-boyfriend.