A huge fitness fan, she goes to the gym daily as well as boxing
classes and Muay Thai twice a week.
She was among the actresses considered for the title role in Supergirl (2015 - ) before Melissa Benoist was cast.
Known for her beauty and voluptuous figure, she has done cover shoots for magazines such as Nuts, Zoo Weekly, FHM and Maxim. In 2007, she came fifth in a Daily Star readers' poll to find the "best breasts in Britain".
Gave birth to her first child at age 34, a daughter Mia Louise Marquez via emergency Caesarean section after a 15-hour labour on July 4, 2019. Child's father is her boyfriend, Gorka Marquez.