Born in Scotland, she has an extensive repertoire including Susanna/Le nozze di Figaro, Zerlina, Donna Elvira/Don Giovanni (Lausanne); Ilia/Idomeneo, Despina, Dorabella/Così fan tutte (Strasbourg, Opéra National de Paris, Teater an der Wien); Gilda/Rigoletto (ENO); Micaëla/Carmen (GFO, ROH); Violetta/La traviata (GFO); Marzelline/Fidelio (the Met); Musetta/La bohème (ROH); Meg Page/Falstaff, Hanna Glawari/Die lustige Witwe, Jennie Hill/The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogonny (Los Angeles); Marcellina/Le nozze di Figaro (Aix, Salzburg, Luxembourg, the Met); La Ciesca/Gianni Schicchi (GFO, BBC Proms, ROH); Miss Jessel/The Turn of the Screw (Aix, La Monnaie, Champs- Elysées); Anna/The Seven Deadly Sins (WNO).
Recordings include her roles as Zerlina, Despina, Dorabella, Susanna, Marcellina, also Lieder by Schubert and Strauss. She has appeared in a feature film of Le Rossignol.
Future engagements include Marcellina (Liceu, ROH); Despina (Scottish Opera); La Ciesca (ROH).