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Debra Lawrance joins Tak for a warm, candid and deeply personal conversation about Home and Away, Neighbours, Please Like Me, nearly 50 years in acting, learning to listen to her body, surviving the industry and the moment she finally became Debra rather than simply Pippa.

What we get into:

· Stepping away from the Steel Magnolias tour

· Why actors push through illness and exhaustion

· Learning to rest after nearly 50 years in the industry

· Discovering acting and leaving Melbourne for NIDA

· Training alongside Judy Davis, Mel Gibson and Steve Bisley

· Learning not to envy another actor’s success

· Missing a major role and the advice that stayed with her

· Taking time away from acting for family

· Returning through Blue Heelers

· Life after Pippa and becoming Debra Lawrance