Schofield was born in
Llanelli, the daughter of film producer John D. Schofield. She had one sister. At 16, she left for London to become a model, signing with Take Two agency and appearing frequently in Italian
Vogue and in television adverts, notably a much viewed advert for
Bugle Boy jeans. She switched her focus from modelling to acting in the mid‑1980s, attending drama school in
New York and moving to Los Angeles. In 1988, in her second acting role, she played Laurel Ellis in twelve episodes of
Dallas. Her film work included
Blood Tide in 1982, her acting debut,
Exit in Red in 1996,
Midnight Blue in 1997, arising out of a
blog of the same name. Schofield was diagnosed with cancer in the 2020s and underwent surgery in 2023. She died in Los Angeles on 28 February 2026, at the age of 62, after brain surgery the previous month funded by a
crowdfunding campaign. ==Filmography==