Redford was born in
Stapleford, Nottinghamshire. She began her career working behind the scenes of the
BBC soap opera
Doctors as a
runner. At the beginning of her acting career, she appeared in several short films including
Pitfall,
Turn Your Bloody Phone Off: American Blood,
Turn Off Your Bloody Phone - Film 4 Frightfest: The Dark Heart of Cinema and
Norm. The role was recast to
Lucy Fallon instead. Redford later said that she did not want to be in
Coronation Street and received online abuse on social media. Redford has also played Lisa in the film
Urban Hymn and Cazzy in the fifth series of the comedy
Mount Pleasant. In 2016, she played Rose Walton in
Young Hyacinth, the prequel to
Keeping Up Appearances. In 2017, Redford returned to
Doctors, this time in an acting role as Bethany Morris, appearing in four episodes. Redford was then cast as Lily Pargetter in the
BBC Radio 4 soap opera
The Archers and was then cast in the role of Beth in
Still Open All Hours and appeared until 2019. In 2018, she co-wrote and appeared in the short film
Ghosted alongside
Alison Steadman. She also played characters called Rose in
Mister Runner and
Werewolf in 2020 and appeared in the radio drama
Teatime. In 2021, Redford played social worker Jane in the BBC comedy ''
Alma's Not Normal and in 2022 appeared as Jill the Phone Woman in the episode of Not Going Out titled "Jury". Redford wrote her first audio drama, Yellow Lips'' which debuted on
BBC Radio 4 in 2021 and follows a daughter's memories of her mum's struggle with mental health. In 2022, Redford wrote a play called
Tapped which was described in
The Guardian newspaper as "episodic-TV quality, with some amusing dialogue and interesting narrative turns" and was rated three out of five stars. ==Filmography==