Patricia Helen Heaton (born March 4, 1958) is an American actress and producer. She is known for portraying Debra Barone on the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond from 1996 to 2005, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards, and as Frances “Frankie” Heck on the ABC sitcom The Middle (2009–present).

Patricia Ford (born March 17, 1969) is an American glamour model and actress known for her appearances in swimsuit magazines, lingerie catalogs, softcore nude layouts in the Playboy Newsstand Specials and more explicit layouts in magazines like Mayfair. She has also appeared in some Playboy videos and in bit parts in feature films.