Maggie Saunders appeared in Coronation Street between November 1995 and January 1996 as Denise Osbourne's sister Alison Dunkley. She also appeared in Brookside as the second actress to play Lucy Collins, The Famous Five, The Bill, To Camp and Back, Chessgame and Helen West. On stage she has amassed a long cv of work including Tartufft, The Philanthropist, Ivanov, Billy Liar, The Last Days of the Commune, She Stoops to Conquer and Charley's Aunt.