Debra Stephenson Biography

Fast Facts

• At the age of fourteen, Stephenson took part in BBC's talent competition Opportunity Knocks, progressing to the All-Winner's Final, broadcast from the famed London Palladium
• Starred in ITV soap opera Coronation Street, playing Frankie Baldwin, from 2004 until 2006, when she left to spend more time with her family
• Worked prominently as an impressionist, often alongside Jon Culshaw
• As well as her television performances, Stephenson has starred in numerous stage pantomines
• Patron of Julia's House Children's Hospice and Lewis-Manning Hospice
• Appeared with Ray Quinn in the ITV talent show Get Your Act Together in 2015
• Has voiced a number of characters in the ITV puppet sketch show Newzoids with Jon Culshaw since 2015
• Made her debut as Jane in Midlife Cowboy, a new musical at the Pleasance Theatre in Edinburgh in 2019