Wright is a veteran London theatre puppeteer and founder of the Curious School of Puppetry. Her stage credits include work with the Royal Shakespeare Company on The Tempest and directing Sleeping Beauty, The Adventures of Curious Ganz, and Hansel and Gretel. She puppeteered on the TV series Sooty (as occasional character Scampi) and the film Seed of Chucky (operating all three lead doll characters). Her brother is film director Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice and others).