Was engaged to nightclub boss Richard Traviss.

Her career in West End musicals stretches from Les Miserables, when she was 11, to Chicago just recently, and she is currently developing a one-woman show with Andrew Lloyd Webber.

She rejoined the morning show "The Big Breakfast" (1992) in September 2000 to replace Liza Tarbuck, who left in July.

The Van in her name is entirely fictitious and was added to make her sound more interesting!

Attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School.

Born in Basildon, Essex, England, UK