Perhaps her most famous film role was as Miss Moneypenny in the unofficial James Bond film Never Say Never Again.
She has played numerous television guest roles in popular British shows such as Doctor Who, Blake's 7, All Creatures Great and Small and EastEnders.
She relocated in the United States in the 1990s and appeared in shows such as The West Wing.
Her roles in works with pages on TV Tropes:
Film- The Great Train Robbery (1978) — Emily Trent
- Never Say Never Again (1983) — Miss Moneypenny
- Gods and Monsters (1998) — Sarah Whale
Live-Action TV
- Out of the Unknown: "The Sons and Daughters of Tomorrow" (1971) — Jeanette
- Jason King: "To Russia with—. Panache" (1971) — Alexandra Lanova
- The Onedin Line: 2 episodesshow list (1972) — Emma Callon
- Van der Valk: "Dead on Arrival" (1977) — Millie Sanger
- Doctor Who serials:
- "The Face of Evil" (1977) — Voice of Xoanon
- "The Robots of Death" (1977) — Toos
- "Remembrance of the Daleks" (1988) — Rachel Jensen
- Blake's 7: "Cygnus Alpha" (1978) — Kara
- The Professionals:
- "The Female Factor" (1978) — Ann Seaford
- "Fall Girl" (1978) — Marikka Schuman
- All Creatures Great and Small: 4 episodes (1978-88) — Zoe Bennett
- The Tripods: 4 episodes (1984) — Countess
- Ever Decreasing Circles: "A Married Man" (1984) — Sue
- Chance in a Million: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner" (1986) — Cousin Mary
- Eastenders: 37 episodes (1988-89) — Joanne
- ER: "True Lies" 1996) — Marian Vucelich
- Party of Five: 3 episodes (2000) — Ms. Shaw
- The West Wing: "The Wake Up Call" (2005) — Maureen Graty
- Big Love: "Under One Roof" (2010)
Audio Play
- Big Finish Doctor Who:
- Counter Measures: 27 stories (2012-20) — Rachel Jensen
- Main Range: "1963: The Assassination Games" (2013) — Rachel Jensen
- The Worlds of Doctor Who: "The Reesinger Process" (2014) — Rachel Jensen
- The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Silent Scream" (2017) — Lorretta Waldorf
- The Legacy of Time: "The Split Infinitive" (2019) — Rachel Jensen
Tropes in her work:
- Cast the Runner-Up: Salem auditioned for the role of Doctor Who companion Leela but lost out to Louise Jameson. She was instead cast in the guest role of Toos in "The Robots of Death", the second story to feature Leela.
