Coronation Street star Sue Devaney, known for playing Debbie Webster, has revealed a dramatic past transformation when she shaved her head for a role in the 1989 Channel 4 drama The Real Eddy English.
The actress, who first joined the ITV soap in 1984 and returned in 2019, played a skinhead gravedigger called Mad B**tard in the show. Speaking about the role, Devaney said she went to extreme lengths, including shaving all her hair and cutting her nails short with dirt under them.
Deborah’s current Coronation Street storyline sees her character Debbie diagnosed with young-onset vascular dementia and imprisoned for dangerous driving causing death, though she is covering for her secret son Carl.
Devaney has also appeared in other popular UK series such as The Bill, Casualty, Shameless, and Common As Muck.
