Career
She has been appearing in television and films since childhood. She is best known for her role in The Mysti Show as title character, Mysti as well as her role as May Phelps in British Broadcasting Corporation medical drama, Casualty. She is now most well known for playing, Deputy Headteacher, Lorna Hutchinson in British Broadcasting Corporation"s Waterloo Road.
She is also recently known for playing Captain Ellen Best ATO in the British Broadcasting Corporation Three series Bluestone 42.
As a child, Aikman went to Haberdashers" Aske"s School for Girls. In 2009, she appeared in the British Broadcasting Corporation Three series Personal Affairs playing Lucy.
On 8 August 2009, it was announced that Aikman would be joining the cast of Casualty, and her role as May Phelps started on 12 September 2009. Aikman appeared in 35 episodes, her final appearance aired on 8 May 2010.
In December 2010, Aikman appeared as the receptionist in the British Broadcasting Corporation Switch film, Rules of Love.
Aikman also starred in the United Kingdom sitcom Not Going Out, as Debbie, the girl who thinks she might be Lee"s daughter. In 2012, Aikman starred alongside Leigh Francis"s alter ego Keith Lemon in his television show Lemon la Vida Loca during the first series. She played the role of his Yorkshire girlfriend, Rosie.
Aikman announced that she would not be returning to the show for the second series despite making an appearance in episode 1.
In July 2014, it was announced that Aikman would be joining the cast of Waterloo Road for the tenth and final series as deputy head Lorna Hutchinson. She joined the cast for the second series of Independent Television sitcom The Job Lot which aired in 2014.
On 16 March 2015 she made her first appearance as Captain Ellen Best in Bluestone 42.