As a comedy actor, Copstick appeared on children's TV shows No. 73 in the 1980s, and ChuckleVision in the 1990s. She played the titular role in children's series Marlene Marlowe Investigates, and performed as part of the ensemble cast of former Saturday morning
BBC children's show On the Waterfront. Copstick executive-produced the Natural Born Racers TV series[2] that followed the
Virgin MobileYamaha R6 Cup.[3]
Copstick has worked in
Kenya with
HIV+ women and their families. Through the
Children With AIDS Charity, of which she is vice-chair, she started Mama Biashara ("Business Mother") in 2008,[13] working to set these women up in small businesses, thus making them financially independent.[14][15][16] She made Positive Thinking for
BBC 1, a documentary on
HIV/AIDS aimed at children.[17] She is a patron of the Waverley Care Trust.[18]
Personal life
Copstick was attacked and robbed close to her home in west London in September 2022. The robbers took £8,500 that she had raised for her charity Mama Biashara.[19]