Deborah Offner

{{short description|American actress}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Deborah Offner | birth_date =  | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|songwriter|playwright|theatre director}} }}

'''Deborah Offner''' is an American actress, songwriter, playwright, and theatre director.

==Life== Offner appeared in several Jonathan Kaplan films and TV series, including ''Project X'', ''Immediate Family'', ''Unlawful Entry'', ''Love Field'', ''ER'' and ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''.<ref name="nyt" />

In 1981 the United States Department of Justice awarded payments of $10,000 each to Offner and four other people for violation of their constitutional rights by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Leon Friedman, a lawyer for the New York Civil Liberties Union, said that federal agents opened Offner's mail four times.<ref>{{cite news |title=Five awarded money for FBI violations |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sanford-herald/178848946/ |access-date=August 14, 2025 |work=The Sanford Herald |agency=United Press International |date=March 16, 1981 |page=2|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref>

==Partial filmography== {{Div col}} *''Mourning Becomes Electra'' (1974, TV Mini-Series) - Hazel *''A Small Circle of Friends'' (1980) - Sarah *''Ghost Story'' (1981) - Helen *''Soup for One'' (1982) - Girl in Neon Bedroom *''Streetwalkin''' (1985) - Heather *''Key Exchange'' (1985) - Chiropractor Woman *''Project X'' (1987) - Carol Lee *''Crossing Delancey'' (1988) - Karen *''True Believer'' (1989) - Laura Gayley *''Immediate Family'' (1989) - Kathy *''Unlawful Entry'' (1992) - Penny, Karen's Friend *''Love Field'' (1992) - Police Dispatcher (voice) *''Women: Stories of Passion'' (1997–1999, TV Series) - Christina / Caroline *''Girl'' (1998) - Cybil's Mom *''ER'' (1998, TV Series) - ICU Nurse *''Cruel Intentions'' (1999) - Mrs. Michalak *''It's the Rage'' (1999) - Secretary *''Cain Rose Up'' (1999) - Birdette Cain *''The Attic Expeditions'' (2001) - Dr. Coffey's Secretary *''Richard Roe'' (2001, Short) - Kathy *''Ted Bundy'' (2002) - Beverly *''The Guardian'' (2004, TV series) - Beth Jacobson *''Six Feet Under'' (2005, TV series)<ref name=nyt/> - Dr. Melnick *''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2005, TV Series) - Nosy Lady *''The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie'' (2005) - Miss Offner *''Medium'' (2007, TV Series) - Mrs. Ueberschaer *''Unearthed'' (2007) - Tanya the waitress *''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2007, TV Series) - Judge *''Hindsight'' (2008) - Manager *''Law & Order'' (2009, TV Series)<ref name=nyt/> - Judge Rachel Cates *''Black Swan'' (2010)<ref name=nyt>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160307012858/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/53833/Deborah-Offner Deborah Offner filmography], New York Times, Retrieved 23 October 2015</ref> - Administrator Susie *''Blue Bloods'' (2012–2016, TV Series)<ref name=nyt/> - Judge Katrina McCarthy *''High Maintenance'' (2013, TV Series) - Miriam *''Home'' (2014) - Sondra *''Top Five'' (2014) - Wendy (uncredited) *''The Boy Downstairs'' (2017) - Shannon *''Shiva Baby'' (2020) - Ellie {{div col end}}

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0644418}}

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