page_title: Frankie Baldwin
section_title: Creation and development
hierarchical_section_title: Frankie Baldwin / Creation and development
caption_attribution_description: English: Stephenson in 2015
context_page_description: Francesca "Frankie" Fraser is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, played by Debra Stephenson. She was introduced as part of the Baldwin family along with Danny Baldwin, Jamie Baldwin and Warren Baldwin. She made her first appearance during the episode airing on 6 June 2004. Stephenson quit the role in 2006 and Frankie departed on screen on 31 December 2006.
context_section_description: On 6 May 2004, it was announced that former Bad Girls actress Debra Stephenson had joined Coronation Street as Frankie.
  One storyline in 2005 saw Frankie's husband Danny have an affair with Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson). Frankie later discovered the affair when she answers Leanne's mobile and finds her husband is on the other end. Danny had organised to spend another night with Leanne holed-up in a hotel room. When Leanne doesn't show, Danny rings her to find out where she is, but he does not realise it's his wife answering the phone. Seeing her husband's name come up on the mobile, Frankie has answered, and mimicked Leanne's voice. Danny, who has told his wife he is away on business, says he has booked the best hotel room. Frankie tells him: "It's not Leanne, it's me,"  and orders Danny to come home. Frankie kept the affair secret in order to protect Danny's son Jamie (Rupert Hill).
  On 14 May 2006, it was announced that Stephenson had quit her role as Frankie. Stephenson said: "I had originally only planned to stay for two years but I didn't anticipate how much I would enjoy playing Frankie. I'm also keen to pursue other acting projects and I'm very excited about what the future holds." A Coronation Street spokeswoman said: "Debra has been a great asset to the show and her portrayal of Frankie Baldwin has been fantastic. However, when she joined the show we were aware that she only planned to stay for two years and we fully appreciate her reasons for leaving. We wish her every success for the future."
caption: Debra Stephenson (pictured) played Frankie for two and a half years.
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