McIntosh is a vocalist with
Deacon Blue, whose second studio album,
When the World Knows Your Name (1989), topped the
UK Albums Chart for two weeks, and included "
Real Gone Kid", which became their first UK top ten single. McIntosh took a break from music to play the character
Alice Henderson in the Scottish soap opera
River City, which was set in a fictitious suburb of Glasgow. Her character first appeared in 2002 and was written out during May 2010. McIntosh has also appeared in a few Scottish films, including
Ken Loach's
My Name Is Joe, and Lone Scherfig's
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, ==Personal life==