Background
Fraser was born in Glasgow, the daughter of Rose, a college lecturer and nurse, and Alister Fraser, a screenwriter and businessman.
Fraser was born in Glasgow, the daughter of Rose, a college lecturer and nurse, and Alister Fraser, a screenwriter and businessman.
She attended Hillhead High School and is a former member of the Scottish Youth Theatre.
She is best known for portraying Door in the urban fantasy series Neverwhere, Kate in the film A Knight"s Tale, Cat MacKenzie in the drama series Lip Service and Lydia Rodarte-Quayle in the Administrative Management College crime drama series Breaking Bad. She trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Fraser"s first big break was playing Door in the British Broadcasting Corporation"s dark fantasy series Neverwhere in 1996.
She starred in the British Broadcasting Corporation film The Tribe (1998), and played Lavinia in Titus (1999).
She also appeared in the films A Knight"s Tale (2001) and Vanilla Sky (2001). She starred in the British Broadcasting Corporation period drama serials He Knew He Was Right (2004), Casanova (2005), and Reichenbach Falls (2007).
She starred in the British comedy film Nina"s Heavenly Delights (2006). She played Claire Bellington in the Independent Television series Talk to Maine (2007).
Fraser starred as the title character in Florence Nightingale, broadcast on British Broadcasting Corporation One in June 2008.
From 2010 to 2012, she starred as Cat in the British Broadcasting Corporation Three series Lip Service. In 2010, it was announced that she would portray Jessica Brody in the pilot for the Showtime political thriller series Homeland. She was replaced on the show by Morena Baccarin.
From 2012 to 2013, she portrayed Lydia Rodarte-Quayle in the final season of the Administrative Management College crime drama series Breaking Bad.