Career
She is best known for playing Cathy Hargreaves in the British Broadcasting Corporation school drama, Grange Hill (1979-1982), and also appeared on Top of the Pops in 1978 as one of the Street Winifred"s School Choir backing singers on Brian and Michael"s number 1 hit "Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs". Brill continued to act after leaving Grange Hill, appearing in the West End, but she decided to end her acting career when she turned 30. She then worked in sales support for an educational book publisher.