Bullmore was a finalist for the Dennis Potter Award in 2000 for her 90 minute drama entitled The Middle. Her first stage play, Mammals, was the winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and was shortlisted for the What's On Best New Comedy Award. From 1990 until 1995, she played Steph Barnes in Coronation Street. She appeared as Sonja, the Ukrainian girlfriend of the title character in the second series of the comedy series I'm Alan Partridge. She also appeared on BBC Radio 4's phone-in spoof Down the Line.

In 2011 and 2012 Bullmore appeared in a series of Direct Line Insurance adverts playing an eccentric customer. She is currently co-starring in the crime drama Scott & Bailey. She also wrote several episodes of Scott & Bailey, including the 2014 2-part season finale, where her character, a Detective Chief Inspector, tries to cope with her alcoholism.

In 2013 Bullmore wrote a second play, Di and Vi and Rose, which was staged at Hampstead Theatre.

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