Debra Lawrance

Debra Lawrance
Born
Debra Lawrance

1 January 1957 (1957-01) (age 67)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)Television and film actress
Years active1976–present
Known forHome and Away as Pippa Ross (1990–2009)
Please Like Me as Rose (2013–2016)
Notable workPrisoner various characters (1980–1985)
Blue Heelers as Grace Curtis (1994–2004)
Spouse
Dennis Coard
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(m. 1992)​
Children2

Debra Lawrance (born 1 January 1957) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role on Home and Away, as Pippa Ross, which she played from 1990 to 1998 and in a number of subsequent return appearances, the most recent being in 2009.[1][2]

Lawrance is also known for her role as Rose in Please Like Me, for which she won an AACTA Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy and a Logie Award for Most Outstanding Supporting Actress.[1][3][4]

  1. ^ a b Carmody, Broede (4 August 2017). "From Please Like Me to Hell's Kitchen: Debra Lawrance reflects on 40-year career". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. ^ Yeap, Sue (2 September 2014). "We still like Pippa, even if she's Rose". The West Australian. Retrieved 5 April 2023. Lawrance stepped into the role of Pippa Fletcher (later Pippa Ross) when Vanessa Downing left the series in 1990. Although she left the show in 1998, Lawrance continued to make guest appearances as Pippa over the next decade
  3. ^ "All the results from the 4th AACTA Awards – And the winners are..." Cinema Australia. 29 January 2015. Josh Thomas's internationally acclaimed PLEASE LIKE ME (ABC2) followed with two wins: Best Screenplay in Television (Episode 2/07: Scroggin), and Best Performance in a Television Comedy (Debra Lawrance)
  4. ^ "ABC congratulates its winners at the 2017 Logie Awards". About The ABC. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2023. ...and actress Debra Lawrance took out the Most Outstanding Supporting Actress award for her performance in the series