Debi Mazar

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Biography

She went on to lend a sassy, proletarian spark to low budget indies like Steve Buscemi's "Trees Lounge" (1996), family films like "Beethoven's 2nd" (1993), and the occasional mainstream hits like "Batman Forever" (1995) and "The Insider" (1999). Mazar's vampy charm figured prominently in a number of short-lived, working class sitcoms, but the actress found steady small screen success as one of the premiere denizens of the red carpet as well as …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

Deborah Mazar on August 15, 1964 in Queens, New York, USA

Career Milestones

Worked as a makeup artist for fashion magazines and music videos under the name Debi M

1985

Began taking acting lessons

1986

Appeared in Madonna's music videos, "Papa Don't Preach" and "True Blue"

1990

Made acting debut in "GoodFellas" as Ray Liotta's coked-up girlfriend

1991

Debuted as a series regular on ABC's "Civil Wars" as Denise, the big-haired legal secretary

1991

Played Annabella Sciorra's Brooklyn buddy in "Jungle Fever"; first film with director Spike Lee

1992

Re-teamed with Spike Lee for the biopic, "Malcolm X"

1993

Had a memorable role as a villainous dog owner in "Beethoven's 2nd"

1993

Made feature leading role debut, opposite John Cusack, in "Money for Nothing"

1993

Reprised the role of Denise on NBC's "L.A. Law"

1994

Had a small role in Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway"

1995

Played Spice, the 'bad' henchwoman of Two-Face, opposite Drew Barrymore as Sugar, in "Batman Forever"

1996

Appeared briefly in Spike Lee's "Girl 6"

1996

Played a transsexual in "Things I Never Told You"

1997

Joined an ensemble cast for Gregg Araki's "Nowhere"

1997

Played the lead in the short-lived CBS sitcom "Temporarily Yours"

1998

Joined cast of the NBC sitcom "Working"

1999

Had a memorable role as an ambitiously murderous actress in "Frogs for Snakes"

1999

Played an associate producer of "60 Minutes" in Michael Mann's "The Insider"

2000

Co-starred in the CBS series, "That's Life," as a hairdresser and best pal to the show's lead

2000

Featured in Madonna's music video, "Music"

2002

Co-starred with Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt in "The Tuxedo"

2002

Had a memorable role on NBC's "Friends" a crazed pregnant woman who shares a hospital room with Rachel

2003

Had a recurring role on UPN's "All of Us"

2004

Cast in a recurring role as Vince's publicist, in HBO's "Entourage"; became a regular cast member in season two (2005)

2004

Re-teamed with director Michael Mann for "Collateral"

2005

Had a recurring role on the WB's "Living with Fran" as Fran Drescher's character's cousin

2006

Appeared in several episodes of ABC's "Ugly Betty" as Leah Stillman, a scam artist who claims to be a lawyer

2008

Joined an ensemble cast for the remake of the 1939 film, "The Women"

2009

Joined the ninth season of ABC's reality series "Dancing with the Stars" as a contestant

Awards

2007

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Entourage