Beverley Jane Moxon was born in Leeds in 1958 to a baker father, Clive and a concert pianist, Mavis. She has a sister, Stephanie At the age of seven, Bev made her acting debut as Darius the page boy. After leaving school she took a job as a shorthand typist. She later turned to acting and appeared on stage Jaqui Coryton in Noel Coward's Hay Fever, Liz and Rita in Billy Liar and The Wicked Queen in Snow White. Bev left Coronation Street in November 1998 to concentrate on her other career as an aerobics instructor and to spend more time with her family. She has released books and exercise videos called Real Results and Rapid Results. She has also appeared on GMTV and This Morning and has had a fitness page in the Daily Mirror.