Name: Deborah Unger
Middle Name: Kara
Birth Date: May, 12 1966
Height: 5' 7"
Birth Place: Vancouver, Canada
Fact: Her mother is a nuclear scientist and her father is a gynecologist.
Deborah Unger Bio
Deborah Kara Unger most recently starred opposite Sir Ian McKellan in Carl Bessai's upcoming feature film Emile, and screen legend Sophia Loren in Edoardo Ponti's Between Strangers, with Mira Sorvino and Gerard Depardieu, for which she received a 2003 Genie Award nomination.
Since graduating from the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art, she has co-starred in such films as Norman Jewison's Hurricane, with Denzel Washington; Payback, with Mel Gibson; David Fincher's The Game, with Michael Douglas and Sean Penn; David Cronenberg's Crash, with Holly Hunter and James Spader, which received 1997's Special Jury Prize at Cannes; and Istvan Szabo's award-winning epic Sunshine, with Ralph Fiennes and William Hurt, which garnered her a 2000 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress. Other feature film credits include
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The Salton Sea, with Val Kilmer; Signs and Wonders, with Stellan Skarsgard and Charlotte Rampling; No Way Home, with Tim Roth; Bette Gordon's critically acclaimed Luminous Motion; and The Weekend, with Gena Rowlands, which received the 1999 Best Ensemble Acting Award at the Seattle Film Festival. Other films include Leo, with Dennis Hopper and Sam Shepard; Fear X, with John Turturro; Stander, with Thomas Jane; 13, with Holly Hunter; and 1.0, directed by Marteinn Thorsson and Jeff Renfroe. Ms. Unger made her feature film debut in the award-winning WWII drama Prisoners of the Son, with Russell Crowe.
On television Unger appeared as Ava Gardner in HBO's 1998 drama The Rat Pack and in the award winning mini-series Bangkok Hilton with Nicole Kidman.
In May 2003 Unger was honored as the first actor to be the recipient of the Libertae Award at the Dubrovnik International Film Festival for her work in and commitment to the spirit of the independence in film.
Deborah Unger Filmography
Shake Hands with the Devil (2006) .... Emma
88 Minutes (2006) .... Carol
Silent Hill (2006) .... Dahlia Gillespie
Things That Hang from Trees (2006) .... Connie Mae Wheeler
The Alibi (2006) .... Dorothy
... aka Lies & Alibis (USA)
... aka Lies and Alibis (USA)
White Noise (2005) .... Sarah Tate
A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) .... Georgianna
One Point O (2004) .... Trish
... aka Ein gráða (Iceland)
... aka Paranoia: 1.0 (USA: new title)
Emile (2003) .... Nadia
... aka Émile (Canada: French title)
Stander (2003) .... Bekkie Stander
Hollywood North (2003) .... Sandy Ryan