Minor Characters

There are lots of minor character or guest characters around CBBC.

Deborah
Deborah, portrayed by Vivienna Zarrillo, is the mother of former A-Troupe dancers; James and Piper. Deborah is introduced in Season 1 of The Next Step, Dance Dance, where she gets involved into James’s schooling. She gets worried that James is failing maths so she pulls James out of A-Troupe and The Next Step for two weeks until James improves his grades. Deborah tells James if she does not improve his grade then Deborah will seems James to a military

In Series 2 of The Next Step, Deborah appeared in Work It. Riley and Deborah alongside with each other accompanies James to the DMV for his driving test. Deborah becomes defensive when the driving instructor said that James has failed the test. At some point in Season 2, Deborah introduced Kathy to Arthur

Deborah is last seen in Marry Me, where she gets worked up about the marriage of her older sister, Kathy and brother in law, Arthur, who is James’s former driving instructor

Despite her last appearance in Season 3, Deborah gets mentioned in the first episode of Season 4, stating that Deborah found Piper crying in the bathroom and decides to tell James.

In Season 6 of The Next Step, Piper tells Deborah that she wants to quit dancing but Deborah encourages Piper to stay at The Next Step one more day at The Next Step and later makes a decision on what Piper wants to do.

Gail
Gail, portrayed by Lesley Faulkner, is the mother of Amy Abigail and a former professional dancer. Gail only appeared in Series 5.