24 November 2009. In 2010, she appeared in Over the Rainbow, a talent show casting for Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage production of The Wizard of Oz. That same year, she was a member of the judging panel on the UK television programme Don't Stop Believing broadcast on Channel 5. In July 2013, Outhwaite joined the cast of the popular BBC One comedy-drama series New Tricks as DCI Sasha Miller, replacing Amanda Redman as head of the team in the show. Outhwaite had earlier appeared in series 9, episode 6 of the show, guest-starring as a different character who is brought to justice at the end of the episode. In March 2016, Outhwaite was cast to play Teresa Phillips in a revival of Alan Ayckbourn's How the Other Half Loves at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Outhwaite has done introductory segments of true crime episodes of NBC's Dateline for British television audiences. In May 2020, Outhwaite played Indie Hendricks in Dun Breedin, a project by Julie Graham about women who are going through the menopause during lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this, her scenes were filmed at her own house. The episodes were uploaded to YouTube weekly. In 2021, Outhwaite appeared on The Masked Dancer, masked as Scarecrow. She was unmasked in the final and finished in fourth place. Personal life Outhwaite resides in London. From 2006 to 2014, she was married to Welsh actor Tom Ellis, with whom she has two children. It was announced in 2013 that the pair had separated and that Outhwaite had filed for divorce which was finalised in April 2014. Outhwaite is cousin to Holly Willoughby's husband, Dan Baldwin. Outwaite acts as an ambassador for the Park Theatre in the Finsbury Park area of London. Filmography Awards and nominations References External links 1970 births 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Alumni of the Sylvia Young Theatre School English film actresses English musical theatre actresses English television actresses English people of Italian descent English stage actresses English soap opera actresses Living people People from Ilford