Having studied history of art at the University of East Anglia , and having worked for Help the Aged and in publishing , at the age of 27 she applied to East 15 Acting School in Debden .
Her heroine Alison Steadman had been there .
Having studied history of art at the University of East Anglia , and having worked for Help the Aged and in publishing , at the age of 27 she applied to East 15 Acting School in Debden , because her heroine Alison Steadman had been there .