Debbie Dingle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emmerdale character | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portrayed by | Charley Webb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duration | 2002– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First appearance | 24 December 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Introduced by | Steve Frost | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Profile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other names | Debbie Jones Debbie Barton |
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Occupation | Businesswoman (2006–2016) Taxi Driver (2008–2010) Mechanic (2005–2012, 2014–2016) |
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Home | Butler's Farm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Family | Dingle |
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Father | Cain Dingle |
Mother | Charity Dingle |
Adoptive father | Paddy Kirk (foster) |
Adoptive mother | Pat Jones Emily Kirk (foster) |
Stepmother | Moira Barton (2014–) |
Half-brothers |
Noah Dingle Kyle Wyatt Moses Dingle |
Husband | Pete Barton (2015–2016) |
Sons | Jack Sugden |
Daughters | Sarah Sugden |
Grandfathers |
Zak Dingle Obadiah Dingle |
Grandmothers |
Faith Dingle Kathleen Dingle |
Uncles | Nathan Dingle Ben Dingle Butch Dingle Sam Dingle |
Aunts |
Tina Dingle Belle Dingle Chas Dingle |
First cousins |
Aaron Dingle Samson Dingle |
Other relatives |
Shadrach Dingle Marlon Dingle Eli Dingle Gennie Sharma Albert Dingle Del Dingle Lilith Dingle Molly Sharma April Windsor Leo Goskirk Brando Dingle Daniel Dingle Bert Dingle Jessie Dingle Elvis Dingle Solomon Dingle |
Deborah "Debbie" Dingle (also Jones and Barton) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, portrayed by Charley Webb. She is in many storylines on Emmerdale including her relationships with Andy (Kelvin Fletcher) and Robert (Karl Davies), Jasmine (Jenna Louise Coleman) and Scott (Ben Freeman), her child Sarah being diagnosed with a blood disorder, her relationship with Cameron Murray (Dominic Power) which led to the well known 2013 week of episodes "The Woolpack Siege," a relationship with Pete (Anthony Quinlan), who she later marries and her affair with Ross (Michael Parr). Webb has taken maternity leave twice, with the first time in 2010 and the second throughout 2016 with Debbie departing on 1 January 2016. It was confirmed in December 2016 that Debbie would be making her on-screen return the following month - she made her first screen appearance for the first time in over a year in the episode aired 24 January 2017.
Upon arriving in Emmerdale in December 2002, Debbie is fostered by Paddy (Dominic Brunt) and Emily Kirk (Kate McGregor). When Debbie shows Sam Dingle (James Hooton) a photograph of her biological mother, he recognizes the young woman, Charity Tate (Emma Atkins). They eventually meet and she gets close to her stepfather, Chris Tate (Peter Amory), but after meeting her father, Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley), the trio become a family and Chris is sidelined. This affects him extremely, resulting in him cancelling plans to adopt Debbie.