Andrea Mason
Born1968 (age 55–56)
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present
Television

Andrea Mason (born 1968) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of W.P.C. Debbie Keane in The Bill between 1995 and 1998. She has also made guest appearances in other television series including Clocking Off and William and Mary, as well as portraying various characters in Holby City, Doctors and Emmerdale on various occasions.

Career

Mason began her acting career in 1994, and her first credited role was as Laurie Henderson in the CITV children's television series Three Seven Eleven, and later that year appeared in the television film The Whipping Boy.[1][2] In 1995, she played a receptionist in an episode of in the crime drama She's Out, before joining the cast of the ITV police procedural television series The Bill as W.P.C. Debbie Keane, a role she went on to play for the next three years.[3] Following her departure, she appeared in an episode of Holby City in 1999.[4]

During the early 2000s, she made various guest appearances in an array of television shows and films including Eisenstein (2000), Doctors (2001), Always and Everyone (2002), and William Mary (2003), as well as making a further appearance in Holby City as Mia Goodall. In 2004, she appeared in an episode of Coronation Street, before securing the role of Lesley Shooter in the crime drama In Denial of Murder.[5] In 2006, she appeared in episodes of Wire in the Blood and a further episode of Doctors.[6]

In 2012, Mason returned to Doctors, and went on to appear in the medical drama on a further two occasions in 2017 and 2023, the latter of which was in the guest role of Frankie Sharp.[7][8] She has also appeared in WPC 56, DCI Banks and Casualty, as well as two stints in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.[9] In 2019, she appeared on The Bill podcast to discuss her experiences.[10]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Three Seven Eleven Laurie Harrison 1 episode
1994 The Whipping Boy Molly Television film
1995 She's Out Receptionist 1 episode
1995–1998 The Bill Debbie Keane Main role
1999 Holby City Mia Goodall Episode: "Never Judge a Book..."
2000 Eisenstein Elena Film
2001 Doctors Carol Boyd Episode: "Giving Up"
2002 Always and Everyone Sarah da Costa Episode: "The Last Will and Testament of Robert Kingsford"
2003 Holby City Beth Waller Episode: "Wonderland"
2003 William Mary Ella Patterson 1 episode
2004 Coronation Street Jordanna James Guest role
2004 In Denial of Murder Lesley Shooter Main role
2006 Wire in the Blood Linda Ignatieff Episode: "Time to Murder and Create"
2006 Doctors Gina Santander Episode: "The Man of the Family"
2012 Doctors Sheila Foster Episode: "Entente Cordiale"
2013 WPC 56 Gladys Campbell Episode: "Sink or Swim"
2014, 2022 Emmerdale Prosecution Barrister / Saskia's Barrister Recurring role
2015 DCI Banks Kelly Episode: "Buried: Part 2"
2017 Doctors Gwyneth Pearson Episode: "Tough Love"
2022 Casualty Ellen Dawn Episode: "Judgement Call"
2023 Doctors Frankie Sharp Guest role
Sources:[1][6][9][2]

Stage

Year Title Role Venue
1993 Volpone Molly Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1993 Othello Celia Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1994 The Hairy Ape Aunt Bristol Old Vic
2001 The Relapse Abigail Royal National Theatre
2009 Harvest Mam / W.A.C. Rho Delta
Source:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Andrea Mason at Spotlight". Spotlight. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Andrea Mason at Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "ITV The Bill viewers emotional as cast reunite after 23 years". Birmingham Mail. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Andrea Mason". Pemberton Associates. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "In Denial of Murder – BBC". BBC. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Andrea Mason – TV Guide". TV Guide. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Doctors, Series 24, Identity Crisis". BBC. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Doctors, Series 24, Out in the Cold". BBC. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  9. 1 2 "Andrea Mason filmography". Plex Inc. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "The Bill Podcast 40 – Andrea Mason (WPC Debbie Keane)". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
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