Deborah Kara Unger

Deborah Kara Unger has never revealed much about her personal relationships. She is currently single. .

She lives in Vancouver and frequently hops between Los Angeles and Vancouver for work.

Her method-acting ways have brought her a lot of trouble. For instance, she is said to have jumped into a dumpster full of rats and fractured her foot while filming the 1997 movie ‘The Game.’

Deborah Kara Unger was born on May 12, 1966, in Vancouver, British Columbia, to a scientist mother and a gynecologist father. She was a rebellious kid and a troublesome young girl, which was a major cause of concern for her parents.

Despite being a naughty young kid, she was a highly intelligent student and at the age of 11, jumped two grades in school. However, she was frequently intimidated by the older kids in class, but rather than being depressed about it, she often tried to blend in and act like an older girl.

She arranged a fake ID for herself that fudged her age by adding a few years to her actual age. She used her fake ID to buy cigarettes for herself. As a kid, she was mostly independent and had even worked at ‘McDonald’s.’

Her curious nature had her entering casinos at the age of 16, and she claims that those little experiences helped her become more mature and intelligent than the other kids of her age. She also excelled in academics and graduated from high school with flying colours.

Subsequently, she enrolled at the ‘University of Victoria’ to pursue her studies in philosophy and economics. While in college, she developed an interest in films and acting. Soon, she joined the NIDA, a reputed Australian training institute.

Soon after she graduated from the institute, she started working in the Australian entertainment industry. She made her acting debut, with the then-newbie actor Nicole Kidman, in the miniseries ‘Bangkok Hilton,’ in 1989. The following year, she made her film debut with ‘Till There was You.’ Although the film was not a success at the box office, her performance was critically acclaimed.

After starring in a few more Australian films and TV series, she moved to Hollywood in the early 90s and started auditioning for better roles. In 1993, she bagged a role in the anthology drama series ‘Hotel Room.’ The drama was co-created by acclaimed filmmaker David Lynch, and Deborah played a key role in the second part of the series.

In 1994, she starred in the low-budget film ‘State of Emergency’ and followed it up with a role in the big-budget fantasy film ‘Highlander III: The Sorcerer.’ The film, a box-office failure and a critical disaster, was a major blow to Deborah, who had just started her career as an actor.

In 1996, David Cronenberg signed her for the psychological thriller ‘Crash,’ which was a sexually charged thrill ride. Deborah played the leading female part in the highly controversial film, which received polarized ratings from critics and the audiences. The same year, she appeared in two more films, namely, ‘Keys to Tulsa’ and ‘No Way Home.’

Acclaimed director David Fincher approached her to play a leading role in the 1997 thriller ‘The Game,’ which has managed to gain a cult following since its release. In the film, she appeared alongside two of Hollywood’s biggest superstars, Michael Douglas and Sean Penn. She followed it up with an independent film ‘Luminous Motion,’ where she played the unnamed role of a mother.