On radio, she portrayed Mary in the 1999 BBC radio drama "Lifehouse", based on Pete Townshend's abandoned rock opera, some of the songs for which were released on The Who's album "Who's Next". On television, her highest profile roles have been in two BBC dramas, the Paul Abbott serial "State of Play" (2003), and the one-off Richard Curtis piece "The Girl in the Café" (2005). Both of these were directed by David Yates, and both also starred Bill Nighy. For her performance in "The Girl in the Café", she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film in 2006, and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.