- Teacher at Langley first school, Monkseaton. [2004].
- She was a pupil at Gillian Quinn School of Dance in Whitley Bay.
- Lived in Cullercoats.
- Her father was a miner and was awarded an M.B.E. for services to Cullercoats Lifeboat.
- She became Mrs Wedderburn and a teacher at Langley (Co Durham) First School. in Monkseaton, Co Durham.
- Her father was a miner who studied in his spare time to be a teacher and was awarded an MBE for services with the Cullercoats lifeboat, which seemed strange when he couldn't swim and was afraid of the sea.
- She did a couple of commercials for the North Eastern Co-op and was on stage with the Longbenton Operatics.
- She was at a ballet school when someone from a film company turned up looking for children for the film.
- She stayed at ballet school until she was 18, went to college and learnt languages and secretarial skills, married a master baker and had 3 children. Her son was the original 'Billy Elliott' and is now a ballet choreographer. one of her daughters is a senior lecturer in theatre, dance and performance at Huddersfield University, the other works with dance companies including 'Spirit of the Dance'.
- The film received a BAFTA nomination.
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