Debi Mazar
Deborah "Debi" Mazar (born August 13, 1964 in New York City ) is an American actress , make-up artist and former dancer .
life and career
Debi Mazar grew up as the daughter of an immigrant from what was then the Latvian SSR in the New York borough of Queens . Her father came from a Jewish family, but was raised Roman Catholic , her mother was also raised Roman Catholic.
Mazar started her career as a break dancer in New York. In 1984 she made her first television appearance on the hip hop dance show Graffiti Rock . She appeared as a dancer in four Madonna videos. In several films she had major supporting roles, such as Henry Hill's lover in Good Fellas - Three Decades in the Mafia or as Spice from Sugar & Spice on the side of Drew Barrymore in Batman Forever . In the television series Civil Wars , she had one of the leading roles as Denise Ianello from 1991 to 1993 . After the end of Civil Wars , her role was taken over for the 1993/1994 season in the series LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Trials . In the 1993 film A Family Called Beethoven , she played the role of Regina . Mazar was also seen in various, sometimes recurring roles in the series Friends , Living with Fran , That's Life and Entourage .
Mazar married Gabriele Corcos in 2002. They have two children together.
Filmography (selection)
- 1990: Good Fellas - Three decades in the Mafia (Goodfellas)
- 1991: The Doors
- 1991: Little Man Tate (Little Man Tate)
- 1992: Toys
- 1993: A family named Beethoven (Beethoven's 2nd)
- 1994: Bullets Over Broadway
- 1995: Batman Forever
- 1996: Trees Lounge - The bar where everything turns (Trees Lounge)
- 1996: Space Truckers
- 1997: Wally Sparks - King of Bad Taste (Meet Wally Sparks)
- 1998: Icy Silence (Hush)
- 1998: The Mob ( Witness to the Mob , TV movie)
- 1999: Haunted Hill
- 2000: More Dogs Than Bones (More Dogs Than Bones)
- 2002: The Tuxedo (The Tuxedo)
- 2002: Friends (TV series, episode 8x23, The baby is coming! Part 1)
- 2004: CSI: Miami (TV series, episode 3x08, A Deadly Date )
- 2004–2011: Entourage (TV series, 43 episodes)
- 2005: Be Cool - Everyone is looking for the next big hit (Be Cool)
- 2006: Alibi - Your dirty little secret is safe with us (The Alibi)
- 2008: The Women - Of big and small affairs (The Women)
- 2009: Privileged
- 2010: Jonas LA (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 2011: Castle (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2012: Home Alone: The Christmas Coup ( Home Alone: The Holiday Heist , TV movie)
- 2013: Lovelace
- 2014: Broadway Therapy (She's Funny That Way)
- 2015: Entourage
- since 2015: Younger (TV series)
- 2017: Wonder Wheel
- 2017: Happy!
Web links
- Debi Mazar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Debi Mazar in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Debi Mazar at filmreference.com (English)
- Debi Mazar in the German dubbing file
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mazar, Debi |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mazar, Deborah (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actress, make-up artist and former dancer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |