Deborah Kara Unger
Biography
Deborah Kara Unger is a Canadian actress who trained at Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art as its first Canadian student. Born in Vancouver, she began in Australian film and television, including Bangkok Hilton opposite Nicole Kidman, and after returning to North America appeared in David Lynch's Hotel Room and Highlander: The Final Dimension (1994). Her breakthrough came with David Cronenberg's Crash (1996), followed by a lead role opposite Michael Douglas in The Game (1997). She played Ava Gardner in The Rat Pack (1998) and appeared in Payback, The Hurricane and Sunshine in 1999. In the early 2000s she worked often in independent films such as Fear X, Stander and A Love Song for Bobby Long, and received a Genie Award nomination for Between Strangers (2002). Later credits include White Noise (2005), Silent Hill (2006), 88 Minutes (2007) and The Way (2010), as well as Combat Hospital and Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012).
60years old
Turns 61 on May 12in 206 days
- Born Vancouver
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Deborah Unger
Movie Career
- Films
- 31
- Career span
- 28 years1994 to 2022
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Early training
Deborah Kara Unger was the first Canadian accepted into Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art, where she trained as an actress.
Deborah Kara Unger movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Kim Coates appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Kim Coates's page
Sean Bean's page
James Coburn's page
David Paymer's page
Radha Mitchell's page
Gil Bellows's page
Also two films together8 more actors
- James SpaderKeys to Tulsa (1997) and Crash (1996)
- Boyd BanksSilent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012) and Crash (1996)
- John NevilleHollywood North (2003) and Sunshine (1999)
- Eugene ClarkA Dark Truth (2012) and Walled In (2009)
- Chandra WestWhite Noise (2005) and The Salton Sea (2002)
- Tom McCamusThe Samaritan (2012) and Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
- Nicky GuadagniSilent Hill (2006) and Crash (1996)
- Roberto CampanellaSilent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012) and Silent Hill (2006)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Deborah Kara Unger's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$705 million
18 of the 31 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 31 films: 18 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 10 figure not found.
- 18Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 10Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 94% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$162M22.9% of the total
- 2$109M15.5% of the total
- 3$101M14.3% of the total
- 4$91M12.9% of the total
- 5$74M10.5% of the total
- 6$56M7.9% of the total
- 7$37M5.2% of the total
- 8$33M4.6% of the total
$42.5 millionfrom the other 10 films with a worldwide figure, 6% of the total
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