Debi Mazar

Debi Mazar as CSA Agent Steena in Dreamworks' The Tuxedo - 2002 Photo: George Kraychyk

Biography

Born 08/15/1964

A supporting actress known for feisty and heavily accented New York characters, Debi Mazar’s career began with a strong supporting role as a drug-hungry Mafia girlfriend in Martin Scorsese’s landmark film, “GoodFellas” (1990). She went on to lend a sassy, proletarian spark to low budget...
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Highlights

  • In 2009, Joined the ninth season of ABC's reality series "Dancing with the Stars" as a contestant
  • In 2008, Joined an ensemble cast for the remake of the 1939 film, "The Women"
  • In 2006, Appeared in several episodes of ABC's "Ugly Betty" as Leah Stillman, a scam artist who claims to be a lawyer

Family & Companions

  • Clifton Collins: dated briefly in early 2001
  • Harry Mazar: father (Latvian; born in the Soviet Union to a Jewish family; abandoned family when Mazar was a teenager)
  • Nancy Cannizzaro: mother (Converted to Judaism and later became a Buddhist; was only 15 when Debi was born; teaches the martial art of tae kwon do in Orlando, FL)

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