Slowe began acting when she was a child and in a career that has spanned nearly 30 years, she played young Maggie Tulliver in the 1978 BBC production of The Mill on the Floss, she has worked alongside
Denholm Elliott (
Marco Polo),
Jenny Agutter (
Secret Places),
Angela Lansbury (
The Company of Wolves),
Oliver Reed (
Black Arrow) and
Richard Chamberlain (
Wallenberg). As a member of the
Royal Shakespeare Company, Slowe has starred in numerous theatre productions, including
Romeo and Juliet, where she played the doomed heroine twice, alongside
Mark Rylance and
David Harewood. She and David had a short relationship during the production. In 1989, she was nominated for a
Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in the play. She made a guest appearance on
The Family Channel's
Zorro as the Native American maiden, Keenona, in its episode "
Rites of Passage". In 2006, Slowe appeared in the long-running serial drama
Emmerdale as the new lady of the manor,
Perdita Hyde-Sinclair. Her final appearance was broadcast on 22 July 2008, an episode which, for the first time in over three months, had higher viewership than the
BBC soap
EastEnders. In 2011, she appeared in the short film
Lab Rats. She is a writer and co-producer of the 2014 short film
Four Tails, in which she also played a leading role. Slowe has set up a film production company Slowe Motion Film. In 2022, she provided an interview for the 2022 4K
blu-ray release of
The Company of Wolves, reminiscing on
Angela Carter as well as her experience working on the film. It was released by
Shout! Factory. ==Personal life==