{{Short description|American actress (born 1966)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Debbe Dunning | image = Debbe Dunning Posing Outside Studio.jpg | caption = Dunning during ''Home Improvement'' | birth_name = Debra L. Dunning | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|07|11}} | birth_place = Burbank, California, U.S.<ref name=improve>{{cite web |title=Debbe Dunning Heidi on Home Improvement |url=http://www.wchstv.com/abc/homeimprov/debbedunning.html |website=WCHS News |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424211444/http://www.wchstv.com/abc/homeimprov/debbedunning.html |archivedate=April 24, 2012}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actress, model, spokesperson, comedian, producer, host | years_active = 1988–2006, 2025–present | spouse = {{marriage|Steve Timmons|1997|2018|reason=divorced}} | children = 3 }}
'''Debra L. "Debbe" Dunning''' (born July 11, 1966) is an American actress, model, television host, spokesperson, and comedienne. She is best known for playing Heidi Keppert on ''Home Improvement'' (1993–1999).
== Career == Dunning played Heidi Keppert, the ''Tool Time'' girl, on the ABC sitcom ''Home Improvement'' from seasons three to eight,<ref name=improve/> having guest-starred in an earlier season.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.hiarchive.co.uk/index.php?content=episode&s=2&e=3| title=Episode 2.03: Overactive Glance| website=Home Improvement Archive| access-date=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
She appeared in ''Dangerous Curves'' (1988) and the ''American Gladiators'' Celebrity Challenge (1989).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Debbe Dunning as Heidi |url=https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/home-improvement/cast/debbe-dunning |url-status=live |website=Hallmark Channel}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=American Gladiators: Season 6, Episode 21 {{!}} Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/american_gladiators/s06/e21 |access-date=2026-03-03 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == From May 11, 1997 until May 19, 2018, Dunning was married to American volleyball player Steve Timmons, with whom she has three children.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.latimes.com/tn-dpt-sp-0404-steve-timmons-20150403-story.html| title=Virgen: Timmons, simply the best| last=Virgen| first=Steve| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=2015-04-03| access-date=2017-02-02| df=mdy}}</ref>
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1988 | ''Dangerous Curves'' | Pageant Girl | credited as Debra Dunning |- | 1990–1991 | ''Married... with Children'' | Rochelle |credited as Debbie Dunning |- | 1993–1999 | ''Home Improvement'' | Heidi Keppert{{efn|Prior to being cast as Heidi, Dunning appeared on a season 2 episode of ''Home Improvement'' as Kiki Von Fursterwallenscheinlaw.}} | Main role |- | rowspan=2|1994 | ''Tales from the Crypt'' | | Episode: "The Pit" |- | ''Renegade'' | | Episode: "Hostage" |- | rowspan=3|1995 | ''Off Camera with Dean Cain'' | Herself | |- | ''The Misery Brothers'' | Ima Barrister | |- | ''Spring Break Blast'' | Unknown | |- | rowspan=3|1996 | ''Boy Meets World'' | Alexandra | Episode: “The Happiest Show On Earth” |- | ''Silk Stalkings'' | Amanda Burke | Episode: "Body Electric" |- | ''Leprechaun 4: In Space'' | Private Delores Costello | |- | 1999 | ''The Jamie Foxx Show'' | Herself | |- | 2000 | ''The Spiral Staircase'' | Danielle | |- | 2002 | ''Now You Know'' | Sun Goddess | |- | 2002 | ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' | Veronique | Episode: "I, Busybody" |- | rowspan=2|2003 | ''Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to 'Home Improvement''' | Herself / Heidi / Kiki | |- | ''Four Fingers of the Dragon'' | rowspan=2|Herself | |- | 2005 | ''The E! True Hollywood Story/Home Improvement'' | |- | rowspan=2|2006 |''Wicked Wicked Games'' | Hope Lorca | |- | ''The Last Guy on Earth'' | | |- |2025 |''Shifting Gears''<ref name="reunion">{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/news/home-improvement-reunion-tim-allen-shifting-gears-season-2-1235489025/|title=''Shifting Gears'' Sets ''Home Improvement'' and ''Last Man Standing Reunions'' for Season 2 — Who’s Joining Tim Allen?|work=TVLine.com|accessdate=August 19, 2025}}</ref> |TBA |Episode: "Secret" |}
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