Stephanie Waring

Stephanie Waring is an English actress, best known for portraying Cindy Cunningham in the early evening soap opera Hollyoaks.

Waring attended Flixton Girls' High School. She lives with her boyfriend Dan Hooper, 28, her daughter (from a previous relationship) Mia Grace, and her and Dan's daughter Lexi Grace.

Waring has appeared in various British television series since 1999, including Nice Guy Eddie, Merseybeat and Holby City. She has also acted overseas, playing the lead in the Australian television drama series, Crash Palace in 2001. 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. She did later appear in the soap 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.

She is best known for portraying Cindy Longford in Hollyoaks, taking over the role from Laura Crossley in 1996. She initially played the role until 2001 and returned to it briefly in both 2002 and 2004.

Stephanie returned to Hollyoaks on 9 June 2008 on a regular basis. She left Hollyoaks on maternity in Autumn 2010 and returned to our screens as Cindy once again on the 9th March 2011.