Debra Stephenson

At 52 years old, Debra Stephenson has this physical status:

Career

Stephenson, a 14-year-old girl, appeared on BBC TV's Chance Knocks, winning her way into the All-Winners' Final, which was broadcast live from the London Palladium. She appeared on Blue Peter doing impressions at the same time.

She would appear on several CBBC shows later this year, including The Friday Zone (in which she was a regular presenter) and she was a backing singer on Chris Jarvis' 1997 charity single "Glasses."

Sensuround's 1990s she appeared on musician and writer John Robb's Sensuround. She has appeared in the Rhythm Quest, a world-renowned rave band.

Stephenson, who earned his degree from The Manchester Metropolitan University, appeared in various television roles, including Francesca Annis and Robson Green. Playing the Field, 1998 (for three series) She became one of Kay Mellor's comedy drama about women's football. Stephenson appeared in the last two episodes of ITV's adaptation of Catherine Cookson's A Dinner of Herbs, in which she played adult Kate Roystan, who fell in love with the woman who murdered her grandfather.

Stephenson appeared in the ITV prison drama Bad Girls in 1999. In 1999 and 2000, Emma Dockley's performance as the psychotic Dockley received her second straight nomination for Best Actress at the National Television Awards. Stephenson, one of the show's most popular characters, appeared on numerous television light entertainment shows, including The Frank Skinner Show, Des and Mel, as well as appearing in Lily Savage's Blankety Blank; in 2004, she returned to Bad Girls for five more episodes.

Stephenson has appeared on television and television as well as doing stand-up comedy at London's Comedy Store and The 100 Club. Hosanna in the BBC Radio 4 comedy At Home with the Snails (2004) and BBC1 sketch show TV with Hugh Dennis, Martin Freeman, Mckenzie Crook, and Pauline McLynn were among the candidates. Stephenson was also involved in The Friday Night Project, including interviews with the public and going undercover with disguises such as 'Debbo' and 'Sister Mary.'

Stephenson appeared in British soap opera Coronation Street from June 2004 to December 2006, portraying Frankie Baldwin. Multiple television and soap awards shows that she was nominated for "Best Newcomer" at various television and soap competition shows. Stephenson would leave the soap at the end of the year, according to the producers on May 14th. On December 31, 2006, she was one of her last scenes.

Stephenson took part in the Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, a singing competition involving celebrities, in 2005, finishing fifth place. A version of "Cry Me a River" was one of her appearances, and she was dubbed "blemishless". In The Sunshine, she recorded her debut album, as well as cover versions of the songs she performed on the show, thanks to her participation on the show.

Stephenson appeared on GMTV as part of The Richard Arnold Show in 2007.

Debra was also on Lorraine Weekly, announcing her 10-week bikini diet plan. This involved cooking recipes in the studio kitchen.

Stephenson appeared on Channel Virgin One's immersive style documentary The Prisoner:X in December 2008. Here she was held in a high-security jail in the United States for four days, where she spent a night in segregation and was treated as if she were a real prisoner serving time in the jail.

Stephenson has appeared in numerous pantomimes. At venues such as the Regent Theatre in Ipswich, Nottingham Theatre Royal, Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre, and Poole Lighthouse, Roles included Aladdin, Peter Pan and Jack (Jack and the Beanstalk).

The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson, led by Stephenson and Jon Culshaw, began recording in August 2009. The BBC had eight episodes; the first aired on Saturday 31 October 2009. In 2010, the show was recommissioned for a second series of six episodes and then again in 2011 for a third series of six episodes, beginning on October 26. Only the first series as of October 2011 has been available on DVD.

Stephenson appeared in Let's Dance for Sport Relief in March 2010 and made it to the final after a recreation of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" is included in the story. The judges selected her to the final because she had received some of the highest viewer votes. On March 13, the final was broadcast live and she did the same routine.

She was also a contestant on the 2011 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special. With partner Ian Waite, she performed the American Smooth.

In Waterloo Road, Stephenson appeared as Naomi Scotcher for four episodes. Stephenson appeared on Fanny and Friends on More4.

In 2015, she appeared as mentor alongside Ray Quinn in ITV's talent show Get Your Act Together. She has appeared in a number of characters in Jon Culshaw's ITV puppet sketch show Newzoids since 2015. In 2016, a second series of a second series premiered.

Debra has appeared on shows such as Midsomer Murders, Spooks, Where the Heart Is, and Waterloo Road, and she has also appeared on both Doctors and Holby City.

She appeared in Young Hyacinth, a one-off BBC comedy drama.

In 2017/18, Debra appeared alongside Diana Vickers in the stage play Son of a Preacher Man, a tour of Britain's top-one theatres.

In September 2019, Jane Murray appeared in Midlife Cowboy, Tony Hawks' latest theatrical at the Pleasance Theatre.

Debra has appeared in the United Kingdom for many years as the female lead in "Night of 100 Voices" has been touring the country.

She has appeared on board cruise ships such as P&O Aurora and Ventura, as well as participating in Marco Pierre White's television cook show Battlechefs.

On the ITV1 panel show The Imitation Game, hosted by Alexander Armstrong, Debra was regular team captain opposite Rory Bremner.

In Melania Trump's animated film The Queen's Corgi, Debra was the representative of Melania Trump as well as Lady Margaret.

Scream Street, the current CBBC animated film, also stars Julia Roberts.

Debra performed several characters on Spitting Image for the British Netflix subscription service in December 2020.

Debra was also the actress behind the deepfake version of the Queen's Alternative Christmas Message on Channel 4.

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