Actress Sue Devaney shaved her head for her Coronation Street role, reflecting her character’s struggles with dementia and personal turmoil.

Actress Sue Devaney, known for her role as Debbie Webster on Coronation Street, has shaved her head, surprising fans with a bold new look that contrasts her character’s longtime hairstyle. Devaney, who first joined the show in 1984 and returned in 2019, portrays Debbie, a character facing intense personal struggles including a 2025 diagnosis of young-onset vascular dementia, her brother Kevin’s cancer, and a prison sentence for dangerous driving that caused the death of vicar Billy Mayhew. She took the blame for her secret son Carl, whom she had at 17 and who believed she was his sister, now seeking to destroy her business. Devaney, a veteran of British TV with roles in The Bill, Casualty, and Shameless, previously transformed for a 1989 role that also required a shaved head.