- Calls her daughter Holly Wilton "Veruca" (after her character from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)) when she carries on like a brat.
- To this day, she still has the "Everlasting Gobstopper" and "Golden Ticket" from her role in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), although she and the other children in the cast were originally told to return them after the filming.
- Of the five child actors from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), she is the only one still acting as of 2013.
- Presented a bouquet of flowers to Princess Margaret at the London premiere of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971).
- Says that her song-and-dance routine in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) totally went against her nature as a person and she had to be coaxed into being nasty.
- Has two children with her ex-husband Nick Wilton, daughter Holly Wilton (born 1990) and son Barnaby Wilton (born 1993).
- The band Veruca Salt took its name from the character that she portrayed in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971).
- She operates Centrestage, a children's drama school outside of London; she is also a fitness instructor and a psychotherapist.
- Visits the United States once a year to go Christmas shopping in New York City.
- No royalties from other sources of revenue (e.g. video sales) of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971).
- Performed in a highly-acclaimed comedy show in the 2004 Melbourne International Comedy Festival entitled "Willy Wonka Explained--The Veruca Salt Sessions.".
- Had a crush on John Moulder-Brown since she was 12 years old; much to her delight, she would later play his love interest in the BBC mini-series The Mill on the Floss (1978).
- She was awarded a drama prize by fellow British actress Lynne Frederick while attending Barbara Speake Stage School.
- Her character on Poldark (1975), Rowella, was one of the few characters that wasn't native to Cornwall. As a result, she was spared the complicated task of working with dialogue coaches to appropriate a Cornish accent.
- It's been long rumored that she was first runner-up for the role of Alice in William Sterling's adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972). Although she has no memory of auditioning for Sterling's adaptation, she did play Alice in a two-minute-long Christmas television commercial for the retail company Woolworths in the early 1970s.
- Was given a fringe (known as 'bangs' in North America) and fitted with hair extensions for her role as Rowella on Poldark (1975).
- The famous 13-minute-long appraisal scene on Appraisal (1975), featuring her and June Watson, was done in a single take (with multiple cameras) and required absolutely no re-shoots.
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