Deborah Kara Unger
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Deborah Kara Unger is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles in the films Crash
(1996), The Game
(1997), The Hurricane (1999), White Noise
(2005), Silent Hill
(2006) and 88 Minutes
(2008). She currently stars as Major Grace Pedersen in the ABC
medical drama
series Combat Hospital
.
, to a nuclear disposal specialist mother and a gynaecologist father. She was the first Canadian to be accepted into Australia
's National Institute of Dramatic Art
. Unger now lives in Los Angeles
.
with Nicole Kidman
. In 1993 she starred in David Lynch
's HBO mini-series Hotel Room
. Unger has been featured in such commercially successful films as The Game
and Payback, while she has also found critical acclaim in such films as Keys to Tulsa
, The Salton Sea
, and Crash
. In 1998 she played the role Ava Gardner
in HBO film The Rat Pack
.
From 2000 to 2005, she starred in the movies The Salton Sea
, Thirteen, Fear X
, Stander
, Paranoia 1.0
and A Love Song for Bobby Long
. In 2002 she played a leading role with Sophia Loren
and Mira Sorvino
in the independent film Between Strangers
, for which she was nominated on Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
. In 2005, she starred in the financially successful supernatural horror film White Noise
with Michael Keaton
.
In 2006 Unger appeared in a supernatural horror Silent Hill
feature based on the popular video game about a desperate mother trying to find an answer to her daughter's mysterious recurring dream that forces her to sleepwalk.
From 2006 to 2010, she starred in the movies The Alibi
, Things That Hang from Trees
, 88 Minutes
, Walled In
, Messages Deleted
and The Way
. In 2010 she won the award Action On Film International Film Festival
for career achievements.
In 2011 she received her first starring role in TV series Combat Hospital
, which premieres in June on ABC
. In 2012, Unger will reprise her role as Dahlia Gillespie in a sequel to Silent Hill, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
.
Crash (1996 film)
Crash is a 1996 Canadian/British drama thriller film written and directed by David Cronenberg based on the J. G. Ballard 1973 novel of the same name. It tells the story of a group of people who take sexual pleasure from car accidents, a notable form of paraphilia. The film generated considerable...
(1996), The Game
The Game (film)
The Game is a 1997 neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by David Fincher, starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn, and produced by Polygram. It tells the story of an investment banker who is given a mysterious gift: participation in a game that integrates in strange ways with his life...
(1997), The Hurricane (1999), White Noise
White Noise (film)
White Noise is a 2005 supernatural horror film, directed by Geoffrey Sax. The title refers to electronic voice phenomena , where voices, which some believe to be from the "other side," can be heard on audio recordings...
(2005), Silent Hill
Silent Hill (film)
Silent Hill is a 2006 horror film directed by Christophe Gans and written by Roger Avary. The story is an adaptation of the Silent Hill series of survival horror video games created by Konami. The film, particularly its emotional, religious and aesthetic content as well as its creature design,...
(2006) and 88 Minutes
88 Minutes
88 Minutes is a 2007 American thriller film directed by Jon Avnet starring Al Pacino, Benjamin McKenzie, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman, and Neal McDonough. Filming began in the Vancouver area on October 8, 2005 and wrapped in December 2005...
(2008). She currently stars as Major Grace Pedersen in the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
medical drama
Medical drama
A medical drama is a television program, in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment.In the United States, most medical episodes are one hour long and, more often than not, are set in a hospital. Most current medical Dramatic programming go beyond the...
series Combat Hospital
Combat Hospital
Combat Hospital is a Canadian medical drama television series, filmed in Toronto, that debuted on Global on 21 June 2011. The series was known for a time by the working title The Hot Zone before reverting to its previous title, Combat Hospital....
.
Early life
Deborah Kara Unger was born in Victoria, British ColumbiaVictoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
, to a nuclear disposal specialist mother and a gynaecologist father. She was the first Canadian to be accepted into Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
's National Institute of Dramatic Art
National Institute of Dramatic Art
The National Institute of Dramatic Art is an Australian national training institute for students of theatre, film, and television, based in the Sydney suburb of Kensington. It is supported by the federal Office for the Arts, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. NIDA is located adjacent...
. Unger now lives in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
.
Career
In her 1989 debut she acted in the Australian television drama Bangkok HiltonBangkok Hilton
Bangkok Hilton is a three-part Australian mini-series, made in 1989 by Kennedy Miller Productions and directed by Ken Cameron. The title of the mini-series is, in the story, the nickname of a fictional Bangkok prison in which the protagonist is imprisoned.-Plot:Bangkok Hilton begins as Hal Stanton...
with Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman, AC is an American-born Australian actress, singer, film producer, spokesmodel, and humanitarian. After starring in a number of small Australian films and TV shows, Kidman's breakthrough was in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm...
. In 1993 she starred in David Lynch
David Lynch
David Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound...
's HBO mini-series Hotel Room
Hotel Room
Hotel Room is a three episode 1993 HBO television series produced by David Lynch . Each drama takes place in the same New York City hotel room at different times .Barry Gifford wrote, and David Lynch directed, the first and third episodes; Jay McInerney wrote, and James Signorelli...
. Unger has been featured in such commercially successful films as The Game
The Game (film)
The Game is a 1997 neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by David Fincher, starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn, and produced by Polygram. It tells the story of an investment banker who is given a mysterious gift: participation in a game that integrates in strange ways with his life...
and Payback, while she has also found critical acclaim in such films as Keys to Tulsa
Keys to Tulsa
Keys to Tulsa is a 1997 film directed by Leslie Greif, and starring Eric Stoltz and James Spader. It is based on the novel of the same name by Bryan Fair Berkey.-Plot:The story revolves around a perpetual loser named Richter Boudreau...
, The Salton Sea
The Salton Sea
The Salton Sea is a 2002 American neo-noir film starring Val Kilmer and Vincent D'Onofrio directed by D. J. Caruso.-Plot:While playing the trumpet in a burning room, the protagonist's voice is heard in narration. His story begins with him posing as "Danny Parker", a speed freak addicted to...
, and Crash
Crash (1996 film)
Crash is a 1996 Canadian/British drama thriller film written and directed by David Cronenberg based on the J. G. Ballard 1973 novel of the same name. It tells the story of a group of people who take sexual pleasure from car accidents, a notable form of paraphilia. The film generated considerable...
. In 1998 she played the role Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner
Ava Lavinia Gardner was an American actress.She was signed to a contract by MGM Studios in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers . She became one of Hollywood's leading actresses, considered one of the most beautiful women of her day...
in HBO film The Rat Pack
The Rat Pack (film)
The Rat Pack is a 1998 HBO TV movie about the Rat Pack. The movie stars Ray Liotta as Frank Sinatra, Joe Mantegna as Dean Martin, Don Cheadle as Sammy Davis, Jr., and Angus Macfadyen as Peter Lawford....
.
From 2000 to 2005, she starred in the movies The Salton Sea
The Salton Sea
The Salton Sea is a 2002 American neo-noir film starring Val Kilmer and Vincent D'Onofrio directed by D. J. Caruso.-Plot:While playing the trumpet in a burning room, the protagonist's voice is heard in narration. His story begins with him posing as "Danny Parker", a speed freak addicted to...
, Thirteen, Fear X
Fear X
Fear X is a 2003 psychological thriller film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. The first film to be produced from one of Hubert Selby Jr.'s original screenplays, its eventual box-office failure would force Refn's film company Jang Go Star into bankruptcy.-Plot:When his wife is killed in a seemingly...
, Stander
Stander (film)
Stander is a 2003 biographical film about Captain André Stander, a South African police officer who turned into a bank robber, starring Thomas Jane.-Reception:...
, Paranoia 1.0
Paranoia 1.0
Paranoia: 1.0 is a 2004 cyberpunk science fiction film written and directed by Jeff Renfroe and Marteinn Thorsson. The film is a Kafkaesque nightmare in which a young computer programmer is an unwitting guinea pig in a corporate experiment to test a new advertising scheme...
and A Love Song for Bobby Long
A Love Song for Bobby Long
A Love Song for Bobby Long is a 2004 American drama film written and directed by Shainee Gabel. The screenplay is based on the novel Off Magazine Street by Ronald Everett Capps.-Plot:...
. In 2002 she played a leading role with Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren, OMRI is an Italian actress.In 1962, Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, along with 21 awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance...
and Mira Sorvino
Mira Sorvino
Mira Katherine Sorvino is an American actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Mighty Aphrodite and is also known for her role as Romy White in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.- Early life :Sorvino was born in Tenafly, New Jersey...
in the independent film Between Strangers
Between Strangers
-Cast:*Sophia Loren as Olivia*Mira Sorvino as Natalia Bauer*Deborah Kara Unger as Catherine*Pete Postlethwaite as John*Julian Richings as Nigel*Klaus Maria Brandauer as Alexander Bauer*Malcolm McDowell as Alan Baxter*Len Doncheff as Grocery Store Owner...
, for which she was nominated on Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
The Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian actress.-1st Genie Awards:* Kate Lynch, Meatballs* Louise Portal, Cordélia...
. In 2005, she starred in the financially successful supernatural horror film White Noise
White Noise (film)
White Noise is a 2005 supernatural horror film, directed by Geoffrey Sax. The title refers to electronic voice phenomena , where voices, which some believe to be from the "other side," can be heard on audio recordings...
with Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton
Michael John Douglas , better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American actor known for his early comedic roles, most notably his performance as the title character of Tim Burton's Beetlejuice . Keaton is also famous for his dramatic portrayal of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Tim Burton's...
.
In 2006 Unger appeared in a supernatural horror Silent Hill
Silent Hill (film)
Silent Hill is a 2006 horror film directed by Christophe Gans and written by Roger Avary. The story is an adaptation of the Silent Hill series of survival horror video games created by Konami. The film, particularly its emotional, religious and aesthetic content as well as its creature design,...
feature based on the popular video game about a desperate mother trying to find an answer to her daughter's mysterious recurring dream that forces her to sleepwalk.
From 2006 to 2010, she starred in the movies The Alibi
The Alibi
The Alibi is a 2006 American film written by Noah Hawley and directed by Matt Checkowski and Kurt Mattila. The film was released to DVD on December 5, 2006 under the title Lies and Alibis.-Plot:...
, Things That Hang from Trees
Things That Hang from Trees
Things That Hang from Trees is a 2006 drama film, directed by Ido Mizrahy and written by Aaron Louis Tordini. It is based on the novella of the same name by Aaron Louis Tordini Things That Hang from Trees is a 2006 drama film, directed by Ido Mizrahy and written by Aaron Louis Tordini. It is...
, 88 Minutes
88 Minutes
88 Minutes is a 2007 American thriller film directed by Jon Avnet starring Al Pacino, Benjamin McKenzie, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman, and Neal McDonough. Filming began in the Vancouver area on October 8, 2005 and wrapped in December 2005...
, Walled In
Walled In
Walled In is a 2009 horror-thriller starring Mischa Barton. The film is based on the best-selling French novel Les Emmurés by Serge Brussolo . It is the English-language debut of critically acclaimed French director Gilles Paquet-Brenner. The film was shot in Saskatchewan, Canada.-Plot:Sam Walczak...
, Messages Deleted
Messages Deleted
Messages Deleted - A screenwriting teacher is forced to live out the plot of a screenplay idea he stole from a student, who now seeks revenge.- Cast :* Matthew Lillard as Joel Brandt* Deborah Kara Unger as Det. Lavery* Gina Holden as Millie...
and The Way
The Way (film)
The Way is a 2010 American drama film. It is a collaboration between Martin Sheen and his real life son Emilio Estevez, to honour the Camino de Santiago and promote pilgrimage...
. In 2010 she won the award Action On Film International Film Festival
Action On Film International Film Festival
The Action On Film International Film Festival, aka The AOF Fest, aka Action On Film Festival is a film festival that was started in Long Beach, California in 2005 by writer, producer, director Del Weston. The film festival was originally part of the Long Beach International Martial Arts...
for career achievements.
In 2011 she received her first starring role in TV series Combat Hospital
Combat Hospital
Combat Hospital is a Canadian medical drama television series, filmed in Toronto, that debuted on Global on 21 June 2011. The series was known for a time by the working title The Hot Zone before reverting to its previous title, Combat Hospital....
, which premieres in June on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
. In 2012, Unger will reprise her role as Dahlia Gillespie in a sequel to Silent Hill, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D is an upcoming American 3D horror film due to release in 2012. Written and directed by Michael J. Bassett, Revelation 3D is based on the survival horror video game Silent Hill 3 and a sequel to the horror film Silent Hill, which is an adaptation of the survival horror...
.
Filmography
| Year | Film/TV | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Bangkok Hilton Bangkok Hilton Bangkok Hilton is a three-part Australian mini-series, made in 1989 by Kennedy Miller Productions and directed by Ken Cameron. The title of the mini-series is, in the story, the nickname of a fictional Bangkok prison in which the protagonist is imprisoned.-Plot:Bangkok Hilton begins as Hal Stanton... |
Astra | TV mini-series |
| 1990 | Till There Was You Till There Was You (1990 film) Till There Was You is a 1990 Australian film, written by Michael Thomas and directed by John Seale. Cast members included Mark Harmon, Martin Garner, Gregory T. Daniel, and Deborah Kara Unger... |
Anna Vivaldi | |
| Breakaway | Marion | ||
| Prisoners of the Sun | Sister Littell | ||
| 1992 | Whispers in the Dark Whispers in the Dark (film) Whispers in the Dark is a 1992 thriller about a psychiatrist whose patient's lover may or may not be a serial killer. The film starred Annabella Sciorra, Jamey Sheridan, Alan Alda, Jill Clayburgh, John Leguizamo and Anthony LaPaglia. The film was released by Paramount Pictures on August 7, 1992... |
Eve Abergray | |
| 1993 | Hotel Room Hotel Room Hotel Room is a three episode 1993 HBO television series produced by David Lynch . Each drama takes place in the same New York City hotel room at different times .Barry Gifford wrote, and David Lynch directed, the first and third episodes; Jay McInerney wrote, and James Signorelli... |
Sasha | TV mini-series, 1 episode, "Getting Rid of Robert" |
| 1994 | State of Emergency | Sue Payton | TV movie |
| Highlander III: The Final Dimension Highlander III: The Final Dimension Highlander III: The Sorcerer, also known as Highlander III, Highlander III: The Magician, Highlander III: The Final Dimension, Highlander: The Final Dimension and Highlander 3: The Final Conflict, is the third installment in the Highlander film series. It was first released on November 30, 1994... |
Alex Johnson/Sarah | ||
| 1996 | Crash Crash (1996 film) Crash is a 1996 Canadian/British drama thriller film written and directed by David Cronenberg based on the J. G. Ballard 1973 novel of the same name. It tells the story of a group of people who take sexual pleasure from car accidents, a notable form of paraphilia. The film generated considerable... |
Catherine Ballard | |
| No Way Home | Lorraine | ||
| Keys to Tulsa Keys to Tulsa Keys to Tulsa is a 1997 film directed by Leslie Greif, and starring Eric Stoltz and James Spader. It is based on the novel of the same name by Bryan Fair Berkey.-Plot:The story revolves around a perpetual loser named Richter Boudreau... |
Vicky Michaels Stover | ||
| 1997 | The Game The Game (film) The Game is a 1997 neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by David Fincher, starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn, and produced by Polygram. It tells the story of an investment banker who is given a mysterious gift: participation in a game that integrates in strange ways with his life... |
Christine | |
| 1998 | Luminous Motion | Mom | |
| The Rat Pack The Rat Pack (film) The Rat Pack is a 1998 HBO TV movie about the Rat Pack. The movie stars Ray Liotta as Frank Sinatra, Joe Mantegna as Dean Martin, Don Cheadle as Sammy Davis, Jr., and Angus Macfadyen as Peter Lawford.... |
Ava Gardner Ava Gardner Ava Lavinia Gardner was an American actress.She was signed to a contract by MGM Studios in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers . She became one of Hollywood's leading actresses, considered one of the most beautiful women of her day... |
TV movie | |
| 1999 | Payback | Mrs. Lynn Porter | |
| The Weekend | Marian Kerr | ||
| Sunshine Sunshine (1999 film) Sunshine is a 1999 historical film written by Israel Horovitz and István Szabó, directed and produced by István Szabó. It follows three generations of a Jewish family during the changes in Hungary from the beginning of the 20th century to the... |
Maj. Carole Kovács | ||
| The Hurricane | Lisa Peters | ||
| 2000 | Signs and Wonders | Katherine | |
| 2002 | Ten Tiny Love Stories Ten Tiny Love Stories Ten Tiny Love Stories is a 2001 film directed by Rodrigo García. It stars Lisa Gay Hamilton and Radha Mitchell. The film is a series of ten monologues about love in its different forms.-Cast:*Lisa Gay Hamilton*Radha Mitchell*Alicia Witt... |
Seven | |
| The Salton Sea The Salton Sea The Salton Sea is a 2002 American neo-noir film starring Val Kilmer and Vincent D'Onofrio directed by D. J. Caruso.-Plot:While playing the trumpet in a burning room, the protagonist's voice is heard in narration. His story begins with him posing as "Danny Parker", a speed freak addicted to... |
Colette | ||
| Leo Leo (film) Leo is a 2000 Spanish film, written and directed by José Luis Borau and starring Icíar Bollaín and Javier Batanero. It was nominated for six Goya Awards in 2001, and won the award for Best Director.... |
Caroline | ||
| Between Strangers Between Strangers -Cast:*Sophia Loren as Olivia*Mira Sorvino as Natalia Bauer*Deborah Kara Unger as Catherine*Pete Postlethwaite as John*Julian Richings as Nigel*Klaus Maria Brandauer as Alexander Bauer*Malcolm McDowell as Alan Baxter*Len Doncheff as Grocery Store Owner... |
Catherine | ||
| 2003 | Thirteen | Brooke LaLaine | |
| Fear X Fear X Fear X is a 2003 psychological thriller film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. The first film to be produced from one of Hubert Selby Jr.'s original screenplays, its eventual box-office failure would force Refn's film company Jang Go Star into bankruptcy.-Plot:When his wife is killed in a seemingly... |
Kate | ||
| Hollywood North Hollywood North (film) Hollywood North is a 2003 feature film, starring Matthew Modine and Jennifer Tilly. It is a mockumentary detailing the struggles of two Canadian movie producers in Toronto circa 1979.The title is a reference to the colloquialism "Hollywood North".... |
Sandy Ryan | ||
| Stander Stander (film) Stander is a 2003 biographical film about Captain André Stander, a South African police officer who turned into a bank robber, starring Thomas Jane.-Reception:... |
Bekkie Stander | ||
| Emile Emile (film) Emile is a Canadian film made in 2003 by Carl Bessai but not released widely until 2004. The cast included Ian McKellen and Deborah Kara Unger... |
Nadia | ||
| 2004 | Paranoia 1.0 Paranoia 1.0 Paranoia: 1.0 is a 2004 cyberpunk science fiction film written and directed by Jeff Renfroe and Marteinn Thorsson. The film is a Kafkaesque nightmare in which a young computer programmer is an unwitting guinea pig in a corporate experiment to test a new advertising scheme... |
Trish | |
| A Love Song for Bobby Long A Love Song for Bobby Long A Love Song for Bobby Long is a 2004 American drama film written and directed by Shainee Gabel. The screenplay is based on the novel Off Magazine Street by Ronald Everett Capps.-Plot:... |
Georgianna | ||
| 2005 | White Noise White Noise (film) White Noise is a 2005 supernatural horror film, directed by Geoffrey Sax. The title refers to electronic voice phenomena , where voices, which some believe to be from the "other side," can be heard on audio recordings... |
Sarah Tate | |
| Jesus of Suburbia Jesus of Suburbia "Jesus of Suburbia" is a song by American rock band Green Day. It was released as the fifth and final single from their seventh album, American Idiot. The studio version of the song, a five movement piece, runs just over 9 minutes and was considered to be unfriendly for radio, so it was cut down to... |
music video by Green Day Green Day Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool... |
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| 2006 | Things That Hang from Trees Things That Hang from Trees Things That Hang from Trees is a 2006 drama film, directed by Ido Mizrahy and written by Aaron Louis Tordini. It is based on the novella of the same name by Aaron Louis Tordini Things That Hang from Trees is a 2006 drama film, directed by Ido Mizrahy and written by Aaron Louis Tordini. It is... |
Connie Mae Wheeler | |
| Silent Hill Silent Hill (film) Silent Hill is a 2006 horror film directed by Christophe Gans and written by Roger Avary. The story is an adaptation of the Silent Hill series of survival horror video games created by Konami. The film, particularly its emotional, religious and aesthetic content as well as its creature design,... |
Dahlia Gillespie | ||
| The Alibi The Alibi The Alibi is a 2006 American film written by Noah Hawley and directed by Matt Checkowski and Kurt Mattila. The film was released to DVD on December 5, 2006 under the title Lies and Alibis.-Plot:... |
Dorothy | ||
| 2007 | Shake Hands with the Devil | Emma | |
| 88 Minutes 88 Minutes 88 Minutes is a 2007 American thriller film directed by Jon Avnet starring Al Pacino, Benjamin McKenzie, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman, and Neal McDonough. Filming began in the Vancouver area on October 8, 2005 and wrapped in December 2005... |
Carol Lynn Johnson | ||
| 2009 | Walled In Walled In Walled In is a 2009 horror-thriller starring Mischa Barton. The film is based on the best-selling French novel Les Emmurés by Serge Brussolo . It is the English-language debut of critically acclaimed French director Gilles Paquet-Brenner. The film was shot in Saskatchewan, Canada.-Plot:Sam Walczak... |
Mary | |
| Messages Deleted Messages Deleted Messages Deleted - A screenwriting teacher is forced to live out the plot of a screenplay idea he stole from a student, who now seeks revenge.- Cast :* Matthew Lillard as Joel Brandt* Deborah Kara Unger as Det. Lavery* Gina Holden as Millie... |
Det. Lavery | ||
| Angel and the Badman | Temperance | TV movie | |
| 2010 | Transparency Transparency (2010 film) -Cast:*Lou Diamond Phillips as David*Estella Warren as Danielle*Deborah Kara Unger as Reg*Aaron Pearl as Sam*Jordana Largy as Billie*Kendall Cross as Dale*Michael Kopsa as Vika*Dariya Parakhnevych as Pavel*Vitaly Kravchenko as Alex*Emma Lahana as Lubitsch... |
Danielle | |
| The Way The Way (film) The Way is a 2010 American drama film. It is a collaboration between Martin Sheen and his real life son Emilio Estevez, to honour the Camino de Santiago and promote pilgrimage... |
Sarah | ||
| 2011–present | Combat Hospital Combat Hospital Combat Hospital is a Canadian medical drama television series, filmed in Toronto, that debuted on Global on 21 June 2011. The series was known for a time by the working title The Hot Zone before reverting to its previous title, Combat Hospital.... |
Major Grace Pedersen | 13 episodes, first role in TV series |
| 2011 | Samuel Bleak | Roselyn Ramirez | |
| The Maiden Danced to Death | Lynn Court | ||
| Sophie | Tina Bradshaw | post-production | |
| The City of Gardens | Consul Powers | post-production | |
| 2012 | Silent Hill: Revelation 3D Silent Hill: Revelation 3D Silent Hill: Revelation 3D is an upcoming American 3D horror film due to release in 2012. Written and directed by Michael J. Bassett, Revelation 3D is based on the survival horror video game Silent Hill 3 and a sequel to the horror film Silent Hill, which is an adaptation of the survival horror... |
Dahlia Gillespie | post-production |
| The Samaritan | Helena | post-production |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Won | Seattle International Film Festival Seattle International Film Festival The Seattle International Film Festival , held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees... |
Citation of Excellence for Ensemble Cast Performance | The Weekend The Weekend The Weekend is a pop-rock band from London, Ontario Canada, whose first performance was in 1998.-History:Co-founders Andrea Wasse and Link C. were in high school when they formed the band with Lorien Jones and Mike Clive .Mike Clive was also a member of the London group The New Grand, a pop-rock... |
| 2000 | Nominated | Genie Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | Sunshine Sunshine (1999 film) Sunshine is a 1999 historical film written by Israel Horovitz and István Szabó, directed and produced by István Szabó. It follows three generations of a Jewish family during the changes in Hungary from the beginning of the 20th century to the... |
| 2003 | Nominated | Genie Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Between Strangers Between Strangers -Cast:*Sophia Loren as Olivia*Mira Sorvino as Natalia Bauer*Deborah Kara Unger as Catherine*Pete Postlethwaite as John*Julian Richings as Nigel*Klaus Maria Brandauer as Alexander Bauer*Malcolm McDowell as Alan Baxter*Len Doncheff as Grocery Store Owner... |
| 2003 | Won | Dubrovnik International Film Festival | Libertas Award | |
| 2003 | Nominated | Sonoma Valley Film Festival Sonoma Valley Film Festival The Sonoma Valley Film Festival traditionally takes place in April in Sonoma, California and is hosted by the Sonoma Valley Film Society. The 10th anniversary of the film festival in 2007 honored two-time Academy Award winning director John Lasseter of Pixar and Disney Animation studios.The 11th... |
Imagery Honors Award | |
| 2004 | Won | Method Fest Method Fest Independent Film Festival Method Fest Independent Film Festival is an independent film festival that has currently held over 8 festivals. It is held in Calabasas, California and is dedicated to support the work of those who produce, make and work in independent film and to provide educational opportunities in independent... |
Best Actress | Emile Emile (film) Emile is a Canadian film made in 2003 by Carl Bessai but not released widely until 2004. The cast included Ian McKellen and Deborah Kara Unger... |
| 2005 | Won | Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema | Best Actress | One Point O |
| 2010 | Won | Action on Film International Film Festival Action On Film International Film Festival The Action On Film International Film Festival, aka The AOF Fest, aka Action On Film Festival is a film festival that was started in Long Beach, California in 2005 by writer, producer, director Del Weston. The film festival was originally part of the Long Beach International Martial Arts... |
Half-Life Award |