Born in October 1961, Chris first got involved in hair and make-up when working with bands in the late '70s, then working in a salon in Kensington Market, which was followed by a trip to Cape Town to promote synthetic hair extensions.

Concentrating mainly on high-end fashion, Chris opened a hairdressing salon which ran very successfully for four years enabling her to sell up and concentate on a career utilizing her hair experience in film and television. The money made on the shop was invested in an intensive three month make-up course.

After completing this course, Chris got a job working on the Phantom Of The Opera doing prosthetics, which lasted until a phone call took her off to the Isle of Man to help out cutting hundreds of extras' hair into short back and sides. There, Chris met with the L.W.T make up and hair team that continued to employ Chris on future productions, gaining invaluable knowledge in sketch shows and T.V Films.

Another phone call, this time to help on Mike Leigh's new film, Life is Sweet, moved Chris's career more into film and this also started a long and successful working relationship with Mike Leigh, resulting in two BAFTA nominations: Topsy Turvy, which Chris won, and Vera Drake.

Chris also won an Academy Award (Oscar) for her Design work on Topsy Turvy and a Woman In Film Achievement Award, as well as Fellowship of Hairdressing for work on The Full Monty, and a Third BAFTA Nomination for Finding Neverland.

Chris works on average on about three films per year, often going between big budget features and low budget independent films.