Debra Stephenson
| Debra Stephenson | |
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Stephenson in 2015
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| Born |
4 June 1972 Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Actress, singer, comedian |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Notable work | Playing the Field (1998–2000) Bad Girls (1999–2003) Coronation Street (2004–2006) The Impressions Show (2009–11) Newzoids (2015—) |
| Spouse(s) | James Duffield (m. 1999) |
| Children | Max (b. 2002) Zoe (b. 2007) |
| Website | www.debrastephenson.co.uk |
Debra Stephenson (born 4 June 1972) is an English actress, comedian, impressionist and singer, best known for her roles as Diane Powell in Playing the Field, Shell Dockley in Bad Girls and as Frankie Baldwin in Coronation Street.
Between 2009 and 2011, she co-starred with Jon Culshaw in The Impressions Show, a comedy sketch show with impression of top celebrities. Stephenson has voiced a number of characters for sketch shows such as Dead Ringers (2014–present) and Newzoids (2015–present).
Stephenson's grandfather taught history at Longcroft high school Beverley East Riding of Yorkshire throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
At the age of 14, Stephenson appeared on BBC TV's Opportunity Knocks, winning her way through to the All-Winners' Final, broadcast live from the London Palladium. She appeared on Blue Peter doing an impression of Esther Rantzen; she also appeared in other CBBC programmes and was a backing singer on Chris Jarvis's 1997 charity single "Glasses".
Stephenson was then on TV screens in 1998 in Kay Mellor's comedy drama about women's football, Playing the Field. Stephenson also appeared in the last two episodes of ITV's adaptation of Catherine Cookson's A Dinner of Herbs, in which she played the adult Kate Roystan, who fell in love with the son of the woman who murdered her grandfather.
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