Finola Hughes was born in London. She studied at Arts Educational Schools and began her career in the Northern Ballet Company, after winning the Markova award. She went on to work in the West End in the original cast of Cats and continued working with Andrew Lloyd Webber in "Song & Dance". After making "Stayin' Alive" in LA, moved to California in 1984 and began on "General Hospital", winning an Emmy award in 1991. Continued to make TV series and various movies for the next few years, "Jacks Place", "Aspen Extreme", "Blossom", "Charmed", and returned to ABC daytime in 1999 to join the cast of "All my Children" in New York. Once in NY, began entering the Fashion World and returned to Los Angeles to begin a 4 year stint on the Style Network with a fabulous makeover show, "How do I Look?" Returned for a brief sojourn to "General Hospital", and it's spin off, "Night Shift". Finola lives in Santa Barbara with her husband, artist Russell Young and their 3 children.