Actress, writer, producer and director
Mother, with Nigel Davenport , of Jack Davenport.
Graduated from Oxford University, where she performed with OUDS.
Younger sister of former British Conservative Cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken , daughter of Conservative MP Sir William Aitken, and great-niece of Lord Beaverbrook.
She was educated at Riddlesdown Hall in Norfolk; Sherborne School for Girls in Sherborne, Dorset and St. Annes College, Oxford University.
Aunt of Alexandra Aitken and Victoria Aitken.
Ex-stepmother of Laura Davenport.
(August 2006) Directing "The 39 Steps" at the Tricycle Theatre, London. Book by John Buchan, adapted by Patrick Barlow and compromising a cast of just 4 playing nearly a 100 roles between them!
