1. Stephanie Louise Waring was born on 19 February 1978 and is an English actress, known for her roles in the Australian soap opera Crash Palace, the BBC1 drama series Nice Guy Eddie, and Channel 4's Hollyoaks, where she appeared for almost three decades as Cindy Cunningham.
Stephanie Waring has two daughters, Mia, born 2005, and Lexi Grace, born 2010.
Stephanie Waring was in a relationship with Dan Hooper who is Lexi's father.
Stephanie Waring has appeared in various British television series since 1999, including Nice Guy Eddie, Merseybeat and Holby City.
Stephanie Waring has acted overseas, playing the lead in the Australian television drama series, Crash Palace in 2001.
Stephanie 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.
Stephanie 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.
Stephanie Waring is known for portraying Cindy Cunningham in Hollyoaks, taking over the role from Laura Crossley in 1996.
Stephanie Waring initially played the role until 2000 and returned briefly in both 2002 and 2004.
Stephanie Waring appeared as her character in the second series of Hollyoaks Later.
In March 2010 it was announced Stephanie Waring would leave the role temporarily for maternity leave; her exit aired on 24 September 2010, and she returned to the serial 9 March 2011.
On 8 April 2024, Stephanie Waring announced that she had been axed from the soap as part of the show's cast reduction, but was assured that Cindy would not be killed off.