Auditioned for the role of Tanya Branning on EastEnders (1985), but Jo Joyner was cast instead. Bright would go on to win the role of Linda Carter on the soap opera 7 years later.
Whilst struggling to make ends meet after The Upper Hand (1990) finished, Bright worked as a waitress, a receptionist at a nightclub and as a shop assistant before securing the role of Cassie Tyler on Bad Girls (1999).