Debbie Bates
| Debbie Bates | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EastEnders character | |||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Nicola Duffett | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 1993–1995, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 867 25 May 1993 | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | Episode 7246 23 December 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Leonard Lewis (1993) Ben Wadey (2025) | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Debbie Bates (also Tyler) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Nicola Duffett from 1993 to 1995. She was introduced as a love interest for Nigel Bates (Paul Bradley), but was killed-off in 1995 at Duffett's request. She returned in both May and December 2025 as a cameo in a vision within Nigel Bates' mind as part of his dementia storyline.