Stephanie Waring

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Stephanie Waring
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Waring in 2011
Born
Stephanie Louise Waring

(1978-02-19) 19 February 1978 (age 46)
Urmston, Greater Manchester, England
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
Known forRole of Cindy Cunningham in Hollyoaks
Partner(s)Dan Hooper
Tom Brookes (2020–present; engaged)
Children2

Stephanie Louise Waring (born 19 February 1978) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Cindy Cunningham in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks . In addition to her work on Hollyoaks, she has also had roles on Coronation Street , Doctors , Holby City , Crash Palace and Merseybeat , as well as competing in the tenth series of Dancing on Ice .

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Personal life

Waring was born in Urmston, Greater Manchester on 19 February 1978 and attended Flixton Girls' High School. [1] Waring has two daughters, Mia, [2] born 2005, and Lexi Grace, born 2010. [3] Waring was in a relationship with Dan Hooper who is Lexi's father. [4] Waring suffered with post-natal depression after having daughter Lexi. [5] After dating Tom Brookes for one year, the couple became engaged on 19 December 2021. [6]

Career

Waring has appeared in various British television series since 1999, including Nice Guy Eddie , Merseybeat and Holby City . She has also acted overseas, playing the lead in the Australian television drama series, Crash Palace in 2001. Waring auditioned for the characters of Tracy Barlow and Claire Peacock, both of Coronation Street , but lost out to Kate Ford and Julia Haworth respectively. Waring appeared in Coronation Street as Emma, a character who had given birth to Jason Grimshaw's child after a one-night stand, initially on Christmas Day in 2006 and then the following Easter when the character discovered the child's father was actually the late Charlie Stubbs. [7]

Waring is known for portraying Cindy Cunningham in Hollyoaks , taking over the role from Laura Crossley in 1996. She initially played the role until 2000 and returned briefly in both 2002 and 2004. [8] In May 2008 it was announced Waring would return to the serial on a regular basis after executive producer Bryan Kirkwood felt the serial needed to bring back some established characters. [9] Cindy's return aired on 9 June 2008. [10] Waring appeared as her character in the second series of Hollyoaks Later . [11] In March 2010 it was announced Waring would leave the role temporarily for maternity leave, [2] her exit aired on 24 September 2010 [12] and she returned to the serial 9 March 2011. [13] On 8 April 2024, Waring announced that she had been axed from the soap as part of the show's cast reduction. Her final scenes are set to air in mid 2024. [14] In 2018, she was a contestant on series 10 of Dancing on Ice and was second to be eliminated. [15]

Filmography

Acting roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
1996–2000, 2002, 2004, 2008–2024 Hollyoaks Cindy Cunningham Soap opera
1999 Brookside: Double Take! Sally's PAMock-umentary
2001–2002 Nice Guy Eddie Laura McMullenTelevision series
2001 Crash Palace Tina ClarkSoap opera
2002 Doctors Kim LandorSoap opera
2003 Holby City Megan HunterTelevision series
Merseybeat Lisa SolomonTelevision series
Sweet Medicine JodieTelevision series
2005 The Royal Georgie WellsTelevision series
DoctorsCathy ShawSoap opera
2007Holby CityClaire JamesTelevision series
2006–2007 Coronation Street Emma Soap opera
2008 The Royal Today LornaSoap opera
2009, 2020 Hollyoaks Later Cindy CunninghamSoap opera
2018 Dancing on Ice HerselfEliminated second

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2009 Inside Soap Awards Best BitchNominated [16]
2010Inside Soap AwardsBest Wedding (shared with Nick Pickard)Nominated [17]
2010Inside Soap AwardsBest Dramatic PerformanceNominated [17]
2013 The British Soap Awards Best Actress Nominated [18]
2014 19th National Television Awards Serial Drama PerformanceNominated [19]
2014Inside Soap AwardsBest ActressNominated [20]
2015 20th National Television Awards Serial Drama PerformanceNominated [21]
2015Inside Soap AwardsBest ActressNominated [22]
2018 23rd National Television Awards Serial Drama PerformanceNominated [23]
2018Inside Soap AwardsBest ActressNominated [24]
2022Inside Soap AwardsBest ActressNominated [25]

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