Career
She is the ex-wife of former England rugby captain Will Carling. She is a vegetarian and is interested in Egyptology, having taken a Diploma in the subject at Birkbeck, University of London. Her television credits include:
Video Hits One United Kingdom (VJ)
The Big Breakfast (Channel 4)
Top of the Pops (British Broadcasting Corporation)
This Morning ( Independent Television)
Celebrity Baby (Sky One)
Top To Toe II (Carlton Midland, 2004)
She has written a book called Beauty Scoop with Kate Shapland, published in May 2004 by HarperCollins.
During the 1999 Rugby World Cup tournament, for an advertising campaign, she temporarily changed her name to Julia Heineken.
