Kirsty trained at Edinburgh Napier University and graduated with an Honours Degree in Acting and English Literature. 

National Theatre of Scotland Work includes: Three Billion Swipes, Girl Meets Boy, and Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour.

Other theatre work includes: Islander: A New Musical(Southwark Playhouse/Helen Milne Productions); Unspotted Snow(Mull Theatre); Sleeping Beauty(Bard in the Botanics/Byre Theatre);Shattered(In Motion);Beauty and the Beast(Bard in the Botanics/Byre Theatre); Dead Letter Office(Some Company Productions); Family Storytime(Scottish Youth Theatre Productions). 

Previous film work includes: On the Outside(Nasreen Saraei); Lethe(December works); Good Girls(Jack Cowhig/Edinburgh International Film Festival) 

Kirsty was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role along with the 2016 cast of the National Theatre of Scotland’s production of Our Ladies Of Perpetual Succour. She also won best actress at the Scottish Short Film Festival for her performance in Lethe.