Name	Deborah Meaden
Height
Naionality	English
Date of Birth	11-February-1959
Place of Birth	Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Famous for	Acting

Deborah Meaden is a British business woman who ran a multi-million pound family holiday business, before completing a management buyout. She is best known for her appearances on the BBC Two programme Dragons' Den, where she has agreed investments in the Den of £1,605,000 in 26 businesses over the 6 series in which she has taken part to date.

Meaden is most famous for her appearance as a "dragon" on the BBC Two programme Dragons Den. She took over from Rachel Elnaugh in Series 3 of the show, which commenced on August 3, 2006. Like Elnaugh who preceded her, Meaden was the only female "dragon" on the programme, although this changed in subsequent seasons due to the arrival of Hilary Devey to replace James Caan. So far in the Den she has agreed investments in 26 businesses to the value of £1,650,000. Only Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis have invested more than Meaden, although they have been on the show for longer. She has been the target of television review comedy snipes, such as Harry Hill's TV Burp and Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe because of her tough demeanour towards contestants.

Meaden appeared as a mentor in the BBC2 series The Speaker in April 2009 offering her advice on speaking with conviction. In January 2010, Deborah appeared alongside her Dragon's Den co-stars Duncan Bannatyne and Peter Jones in the fifth episode of the sixth series of Hustle. Meaden appeared in series 4 of the BBC panel show Would I Lie To You?. On 28 September 2011 she appeared on Ask Rhod Gilbert.