Debra Lawrance | |
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Born | Debra Lawrance 1 January 1957 (age 67) |
Occupation(s) | Television and film actress |
Years active | 1976–present |
Known for | Home and Away as Pippa Ross (1990–2009) Please Like Me as Rose (2013–2016) |
Notable work | Prisoner various characters (1980–1985) Blue Heelers as Grace Curtis (1994–2004) |
Spouse |
Dennis Coard (m. 1992) |
Children | 2 |
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]
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
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)
...and actress Debra Lawrance took out the Most Outstanding Supporting Actress award for her performance in the series