Jodie Mary Albert (born 22 July 1983) is an English actress and singer. She is probably best known for playing Debbie Dean in the British soap opera Hollyoaks, on Channel 4 from . Returning for guest appearances and her inclusion as one fifth of Irish girl group Wonderland.At the age of ten, Jodi played the part of Young Cosette in Les Misérables at London's Palace Theatre. She was also in the short-lived British girlband Girl Thing, who had a top ten hit in the United Kingdom with the song Last One Standing during this time she attended the independent fee-paying Sylvia Young Theatre School, and shared lessons with Lee Ryan, Matt Willis, Billie Piper, Gem Allen (Stonefoxx) and Amy Winehouse and in Various magazine interviews Jodi stated that her best friend at secondary school was, in fact, ex-Busted member Matt Willis and they still have a good laugh and catch up whenever they see each other. Albert won the British Soap Award for Sexiest female for her role in Hollyoaks and appeared in the reality television series California Dreaming, in a bid to make it in Hollywood. She left the series before its conclusion.Since leaving Hollyoaks, Albert has appeared in the Channel Five sitcom Respectable, Casualty, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries for the BBC and the British film Popcorn, opposite ex-EastEnders star Jack Ryder.
