Her mother is a nuclear scientist and her father is a gynecologist.
Deborah Kara Unger is a Canadian actress. She was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on May 12, 1966. Her parents are Mary (née Reid) and John Unger. She has two sisters, Jennifer and Leigh. She attended high school at North Toronto Collegiate Institute and later studied economics at the University of Toronto.
She began her acting career in the early 1990s with roles in the television series Street Legal and Highlander: The Series. She has also appeared in the films The Game (1997), Crash (1996), and Payback (1999). She has been nominated for several awards, including a Genie Award and a Saturn Award. Her net worth is estimated to be $5 million.
She is divorced from actor Cameron Daddo, with whom she has two daughters.
General Info
Full Name
Deborah Kara Unger
Date Of Birth
May 12, 1966
Height
1.7 m
Profession
Actor
Education
National Institute of Dramatic Art, University of Victoria
Nationality
Canadian
Accomplishments
Nominations
Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Movies
The Game, Crash, Silent Hill: Revelation, Silent Hill, Payback, Highlander III: The Sorcerer, The Hurricane, The Way, 88 Minutes, Whispers in the Dark, White Noise, Stander, Between Strangers, A Love Song for Bobby Long, Keys to Tulsa, The Salton Sea, Fear X, Paranoia 1.0, A Dark Truth, The Samarita...
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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About her role in Crash (1996): Shifted me as an individual? I was almost more inspired as an individual than as an actor.
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I'm not investigated as much as I get to investigate other people.
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I actually love auditioning because I usually don't get the part. I've tested with Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert De Niro, Al 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.
Facts
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Her mother is a nuclear scientist and her father is a gynecologist.
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She fractured a bone in her foot and jumped into a dumpster infested with real rats on the set of The Game (1997).
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When not working, she divides her time between Vancouver and Los Angeles.
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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.
