About
| Birth Name: | Deborah Kara Unger |
| Birth Notes: | 31 March 1964, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Height: | 5' 7" |
| Biography: | Deborah Kara Unger was the first Canadian accepted into the prestigious Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. She made her feature film debut in Blood Oath (1990), followed by roles in Christopher Crowe's Whispers in the Dark (1992), Till There Was You (1990), and Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994). She acted in the award-winning television drama "Bangkok Hilton" (1989) with Nicole Kidman and Denholm Elliott, as well as HBO's "Hotel Room" (1993), directed by James Signorelli, and Showtime's ensemble medical drama State of Emergency (1994) (TV). |
Filmography
| 88 Minutes (2007) as Carol Lynn Johnson |
| A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) as Georgianna |
| Crash (1996) as Catherine Ballard |
| Fear X (2003) as Kate |
| Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994) as Alex Johnson/Sarah |
| Keys to Tulsa (1996) as Vicky Michaels Stover |
| Messages Deleted (2009) as Det. Lavery |
| One Point O (2004) as Trish |
| Payback (1999) as Mrs. Lynn Porter |
| Shake Hands with the Devil (2007) as Emma |
| Silent Hill (2006) as Dahlia Gillespie |
| Stander (2003) as Bekkie Stander |
| Sunshine (1999) as Maj. Carole Kovács |
| Ten Tiny Love Stories (2001) |
| The Alibi (2006) as Dorothy |
| The Game (1997) as Christine |
| The Hurricane (1999) as Lisa Peters |
| The Salton Sea (2002) as Colette |
| Thirteen (2003) as Brooke LaLaine |
| Walled In (2009) as Mary |
| Between Strangers (2002) as Catherine |
| Blood Oath (1990) as Sister Littell |
| Breakaway (1990) as Marion |
| Emile (2003) as Nadia |
| Glass Houses (2009) as Mary Rivier |
| Hollywood North (2003) as Sandy Ryan |
| Leo (2002) as Caroline |
| Luminous Motion (1998) as Mom |
| No Way Home (1996) as Lorraine |
| O Lucky Malcolm! (2006) as Herself |
| Samuel Bleak (2011) as Roselyn Ramirez |
| Savage Innocent (2010) as Mrs. Jeffries |
| Signs & Wonders (2000) as Katherine |
| Sophie (2010) as Tina Bradshaw |
| The City of Gardens (2010) as Consul Powers |
| The Maiden Danced to Death (2010) as Lynn Court |
| The Way (2010) as Sarah |
| The Weekend (1999) as Marian Kerr |
| Things That Hang from Trees (2006) as Connie Mae Wheeler |
| Till There Was You (1990) as Anna Vivaldi |
| Transparency (2010) as Danielle |
| Whispers in the Dark (1992) as Eve Abergray |
| White Noise (2005) as Sarah Tate |
| Youri (1999) |
Trivia
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* Studied philosophy and economics at the University of Victoria before becoming the first Canadian to be accepted into the highly-regarded Australian National Institute of Art, graduating in 1988. * When not working, she divides her time between Vancouver and Los Angeles. * She fractured a bone in her foot and jumped into a dumpster infested with real rats on the set of The Game (1997). * Her mother is a nuclear scientist and her father is a gynecologist. |
Quotes
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* I actually love auditioning because I usually don't get the part. I've tested with Daniel Day-Lewis, De Niro, Pacino, Tom Cruise. So I've gotten to that point, and I understand when I don't get it. There are a lot of very talented people out there. * I'm not investigated as much as I get to investigate other people. * About her role in Crash: Shifted me as an individual? I was almost more inspired as an individual than as an actor. * When I graduated from high school, I had artistic and academic scholarships, and I was trying to figure out what to do. I decided to audition for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Juillard and the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney, Australia. As it happened, the National Institute's were the first auditions because their seasons are the opposite of ours. I phoned them and said, 'What is required?' and I remember this very, very taciturn secretary said, 'Well, darling, basically you gotta be able to breathe and speak and be believable.' And I thought to myself, Faaaantastic! I happened to get in, and there's about 3,000 people who audition and they accept between 12 and 15 and I was their first Canadian. So I decided to not look a gift horse in the mouth. |
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