Andrea Mason

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. 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. Following her departure, she appeared in an episode of Holby City in 1999.

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. In 2006, she appeared in episodes of Wire in the Blood and a further episode of Doctors.

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. She has also appeared in WPC 56, DCI Banks and Casualty, as well as two stints in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. In 2019, she appeared on The Bill podcast to discuss her experiences.

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 and 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 Recurring role Sources:

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: