Ferguson settled in the UK after marrying an Englishman, and had a brief acting career. She appeared three times on the TV show Never Mind The Buzzcocks, three times as a panelist and once dressed as a pirate in the celebrity line up. She was a panelist in Les Dawson's first hosting of the quizshow Blankety Blank in 1984. In 2004, she was a contestant on the fourth British series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. In 2004, she released her debut solo album, New Kind of Medicine. 2007 will see Ferguson tour alongside Marti Webb and Rula Lenska in a new musical based on the menopause called Hot Flush, plus she also recorded a new song Fool of the Year for the album Disco 2008, produced by Ian Levine.
Shelia is currently living in the UK.