Talking Prisoner Cell Block H EP 26 Interview with Debra Lawrance (Officer Dean/Daphne Graham)
Welcome to Episode 26 of Talking Prisoner Cell Block H. Hosts Ken Mulholland and Matt Batten sat down with the amazingly talented Debra Lawrance who played three roles in Prisoner – A Nurse, Officer Sally Dean, and Inmate Daphne Graham. Debra shared with us her memories of growing up as a child and where her love for acting came from. We spoke to Debra about her time at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) training alongside Mel Gibson, Steve Bisley, Judy Davis and Robert Menzies. Debra shared with us how she got the three roles on Prisoner and what it was like working with the cast of Prisoner and being a part of the Barnhurst five, we broke down some episodes of Prisoner with Debra and she spoke to us in depth about Episode 553 in where Daphne Graham was threatening to jump of the roof of the prison and gave us all the behind the scenes information about that emotional scene. Debra spoke about her thoughts on the PMS storylines for Daphne and working alongside Kevin Summers who played her Lawyer. We were also very fortunate to speak to Debra about her time on Home and Away playing Pippa Ross and also found out that a cast member from Prisoner also auditioned for the role of Pippa, Debra told us what it was like to play the third Pippa (Behind the scenes information that we never knew about Pippa) and working alongside Katie Ritchie and Ray Meagher and what it was like to work with her on screen husband who became her real life husband Dennis Coard who played Michael Ross. Debra also starred in Wentworth and was able to talk to us about her time on Foxtel’s highest rating drama.
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