Background
Power was born in Cork, Ireland and is a distant cousin of Irish actor Tyrone Power.
Power was born in Cork, Ireland and is a distant cousin of Irish actor Tyrone Power.
She attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone.
Power started acting from an early age. Her very first television appearance was on a chicken nuggets advertisement. Her early television appearances included parts in Bonjour Louisiana Classe (1993) and Moonacre (1993) for the British Broadcasting Corporation, a part which involved horse-riding.
Other early roles included The Manageress for Channel 4 (1990).
She made her stage debut in the theatrical adaptation of The Prime of Mission Jean Brodie at the National Theatre in 1998. Her voice was featured in the English dubbed version of Alice.
She was a regular cast member on Yorkshire Television soap Emmerdale as Jessica McAllister for two years. She also had roles in the television drama series Murder in Mind and The Brief.
In early 2008 she starred in Torchwood episode "From Out of the Rain" as Pearl, a circus star who escapes an old cinema film and seeks revenge on those who put her out of business.
Power was seen in the British action movie The Tournament as the ruthless assistant to Liam Cunningham"s Tournament Master. In 2012, she appeared in two episodes of Independent Television drama Whitechapel.
Power"s great-grandfather was Sir John Power, Member of Parliament for Wimbledon before the Second World War.