Career
She went on to appear in numerous films, including Revolution (1985), Neil Jordan"s Mona Lisa (1986), Cry Freedom (1987), The Krays (1990), Jack and Sarah (1995), and Croupier (1998). On television her roles include The Men"s Room, Safe in which she was nominated for the RTS best television performer, and Beyond Reason. She spent five months in Hollywood, before returning to the United Kingdom to play her most notable role in playing student nurse Karen O"Malley in the British Broadcasting Corporation drama series Casualty.
In 1998, she starred in Croupier.
In 2006 she graduated in screen writing at the National Film and Television School. She wrote the short film King of London during her time there.
She subsequently wrote two plays in Channel 4"s Coming Up series, Imprints (2007) and Little Bill Um (2008), the latter also being her directorial debut. In 2011 she wrote and directed a short film called Shoot Maine starring Claire Skinner and Paul Andrew Williams and produced by Rankin.
In 2009 she appeared in the British Broadcasting Corporation drama Criminal Justice.
Personal life
Hardie left school and home in Hampstead, North London to live with a boy when she was 14. She later lived with actor Dorian Healy for six years. Her relationship with Thewlis subsequently ended.
