She appeared in the second series of the television crime drama Widows 2, having taken over the part of Bella O'Reilly from Eva Mottley who died before production began.
[1] She began her professional acting career at the former Albany Empire Theatre in Deptford, South London in 1978 where she first appeared on stage in a number of shows produced by "The Combination" which was the resident theatre company there.
Debby Bishop's additional theatre credits include Reggae Britannia and Restoration at the Royal Court in London, The Wiz at the Lyric Hammersmith and the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, and 1,000 Clowns at the Watford Palace.
Additional TV credits include Bouncing Back, and Pam in Blue Money and the soap Family Affairs, the last television or film role in which Bishop was cast.
She has been a patron of Montage Theatre Arts in London since 2005 with fellow actress Sylvestra Le Touzel.