Background
Funnell was born in Kenya, then still a British colony, and has a twin sister.
Funnell was born in Kenya, then still a British colony, and has a twin sister.
Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Artist
Her earliest television work was also in drama, including the British soap opera Brookside (1985), the police series Bergerac (British Broadcasting Corporation 1988), and the episode "Peril at End House" in Series 2 of Agatha Christie"s Poirot ( Independent Television 1990). Funnell started taking on comedy parts with an appearance in the comedy/drama Boon ( Independent Television 1989), and a role in the television movie Norbert Smith: A Life. Other comedy roles for television have included a guest appearance in the Channel 4 newsroom sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey (1994) and the romantic comedy Love Soup (2005).
She later did guest appearances in the Independent Television hospital drama The Royal (2003), played two separate parts in the British Broadcasting Corporation"s medical drama Doctors (2002 and 2004), and appeared in the Independent Television police series The Bill (2006).
Her stage roles have included "Sense and Sensibility" at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor, West Berkshire in April 2014 and "What the Butler Saw" at The Haymarket Theatre in Basingstoke during September 2015.