- Her scene in Doctor Who (2005) where she sang the song Mickey was improvised.
- She was voted Best Guest Actress by readers of Doctor Who (2005) Magazine for her work on the 2014 season.
- She became the first woman to play the Master, the Doctor's greatest Time Lord enemy, in Doctor Who (1963) or Doctor Who (2005). It was also the first time in the series that a Time Lord had become a Time Lady. Many believed her casting as Missy was done to pave the way for the part of the Doctor to be recast as a woman for the first time. This was proved true with the casting of Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor in 2017.
- She gave birth to a son, Harry, in 2010.
- Born on the same date as Vincent Cassel.
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