Clarke 1st come to prominence inside 1985 after starring in the low budget, cult film Letter to Brezhnev about two working class Liverpool girls who meet ii Russian soldiers. She went in to star in the films Blonde Fist, A Needlewoman & Strike It Rich people & conferred a late nighttime ITV show The Practiced Sex Helpful hints.

Inside 1998 Clarke joined the top rated soap opera Coronation Street, playing Jackie Dobbs. She left around 1999 and then went on to join a cast of Five soap opera Family Affairs, staying for two years.

Clarke was survive seen around 2004 on the Five reality TV show The Farm and theatrical film School for Seduction.