# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rebecca-ryan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:03:23.646Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rebecca-ryan"
name: "Rebecca Ryan"
slug: "rebecca-ryan"
description: "Rebecca Ryan is a British actress from Manchester, England, best known for her role as Debbie Gallagher in the Channel 4 comedy-drama series Shameless (2004–2009). Ryan also appeared as Vicki MacDonald in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2009–2011), Gemma Dean in the BBC One medical drama Casualty (2017–2019) and from 2021 to 2022, she appeared in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as Lydia Chambers. She's currently in Channel 4' evening soap Hollyoaks."
tagline: "British actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rebecca_Ryan_2022.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1991-04-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.93
  momentum:             0.1875118979630687
  historical:           6.318641333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0752800/"
    handle:    "nm0752800"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Ryan"
    title: "Rebecca Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Ryan"
    title: "Rebecca Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ريبيكا ريان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ريبيكا ريان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Ryan"
    title: "Rebecca Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Ryan"
    title: "Rebecca Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7301896"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2806217"
    title: "Rebecca Ryan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump