About this episode

Debra Lawrance discusses her extensive career in theatre, film, and television.

Debra Lawrance graduated from NIDA in 1977 and has since built a distinguished career across theatre, film and television. On television, she first came to prominence playing Maggie, Ned Kelly’s sister, in Channel Seven’s The Last Outlaw . She went on to star as Pat in the ABC comedy series The Fast Lane , portrayed Daphne in Prisoner , and became a household name as the beloved foster mother Pippa in the long-running series Home and Away . Debra won widespread acclaim as Rose in Josh Thomas’ Please Like Me , earning the 2015 AACTA Award for Best Performance in a Comedy and the 2017 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Supporting Actress. Debra can most recently be seen in Stan’s Scrublands Silver, Good Cop Bad Cop and Darby and Joan (Series 2). Her other television credits include Human Error , Class of ’07 , Five Bedrooms (Series 3 & 4), I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! , Fisk , Neighbours , Get Krack!n (Series 2), Rosehaven (Series 3), True Story With Hamish & Andy , The Doctor Blake Mysteries (Series 4), Wentworth (Series 4), House Husbands (Series 4), and Hell’s Kitchen Australia (which she won, raising $50,000 for Ovarian Cancer Australia). Her film work includes…

People in this episode

Host: Peter Eyers

Guest: Debra Lawrance

Topics covered

• acting career
• television
• theatre
• film
• awards
• interviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NIDA, Channel Seven, ABC, Stan, Ovarian Cancer Australia

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