8. Gillian Kearney (Debbie McGrath in Brookside) – THEN
Debbie McGrath was first introduced to us as Damon Grant’s girlfriend, but as she was younger than her boyfriend and younger than the age of consent both of their parents were very against the relationship going any further. At the time one critic even commented in jest that it was like “Romeo and Juliet in trackies”.
As far as first roles go, Gillian Kearney couldn’t have asked for a better part than that of Debbie McGrath which at the time launched her into the public eye and led her on to bigger and better things.
In 2005, the actress appeared in Shameless as Sue Garland, a role which she quit two years later in order to pursue a regular part on popular medical drama Casualty.
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Gillian Kearney (Debbie McGrath in Brookside) – NOW
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