# Deborah Offner

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{{short description|American actress}}
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'''Deborah Offner''' is an American actress, [songwriter](/source/songwriter), [playwright](/source/playwright), and theatre director.

==Life==
Offner appeared in several [Jonathan Kaplan](/source/Jonathan_Kaplan) films and TV series, including ''[Project X](/source/Project_X_(1987_film))'', ''[Immediate Family](/source/Immediate_Family_(film))'', ''[Unlawful Entry](/source/Unlawful_Entry_(film))'', ''[Love Field](/source/Love_Field_(film))'', ''[ER](/source/ER_(season_5))'' and ''[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit](/source/Law_%26_Order%3A_Special_Victims_Unit_(season_9))''.<ref name="nyt" />

In 1981 the [United States Department of Justice](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Newspapers.com) }}</ref>

==Partial filmography==
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*''[Mourning Becomes Electra](/source/Mourning_Becomes_Electra_(film))'' (1974, TV Mini-Series) - Hazel
*''[A Small Circle of Friends](/source/A_Small_Circle_of_Friends)'' (1980) - Sarah
*''[Ghost Story](/source/Ghost_Story_(1981_film))'' (1981) - Helen
*''[Soup for One](/source/Soup_for_One_(film))'' (1982) - Girl in Neon Bedroom
*''[Streetwalkin'](/source/Streetwalkin')'' (1985) - Heather
*''[Key Exchange](/source/Key_Exchange)'' (1985) - Chiropractor Woman
*''[Project X](/source/Project_X_(1987_film))'' (1987) - Carol Lee
*''[Crossing Delancey](/source/Crossing_Delancey)'' (1988) - Karen
*''[True Believer](/source/True_Believer_(1989_film))'' (1989) - Laura Gayley
*''[Immediate Family](/source/Immediate_Family_(film))'' (1989) - Kathy
*''[Unlawful Entry](/source/Unlawful_Entry_(film))'' (1992) - Penny, Karen's Friend
*''[Love Field](/source/Love_Field_(film))'' (1992) - Police Dispatcher (voice)
*''[Women: Stories of Passion](/source/Women%3A_Stories_of_Passion)'' (1997–1999, TV Series) - Christina / Caroline
*''[Girl](/source/Girl_(1998_film))'' (1998) - Cybil's Mom
*''[ER](/source/ER_(TV_series))'' (1998, TV Series) - ICU Nurse
*''[Cruel Intentions](/source/Cruel_Intentions)'' (1999) - Mrs. Michalak
*''[It's the Rage](/source/It's_the_Rage_(film))'' (1999) - Secretary
*''Cain Rose Up'' (1999) - Birdette Cain
*''[The Attic Expeditions](/source/The_Attic_Expeditions)'' (2001) - Dr. Coffey's Secretary
*''Richard Roe'' (2001, Short) - Kathy
*''[Ted Bundy](/source/Ted_Bundy_(film))'' (2002) - Beverly
*''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian_(TV_series))'' (2004, TV series) - Beth Jacobson
*''[Six Feet Under](/source/Six_Feet_Under_(TV_series))'' (2005, TV series)<ref name=nyt/> - Dr. Melnick
*''[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation](/source/CSI%3A_Crime_Scene_Investigation)'' (2005, TV Series) - Nosy Lady
*''[The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie](/source/The_Naked_Brothers_Band%3A_The_Movie)'' (2005) - Miss Offner
*''[Medium](/source/Medium_(TV_series))'' (2007, TV Series) - Mrs. Ueberschaer
*''[Unearthed](/source/Unearthed_(film))'' (2007) - Tanya the waitress
*''[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit](/source/Law_%26_Order%3A_Special_Victims_Unit)'' (2007, TV Series) - Judge
*''[Hindsight](/source/Hindsight_(2008_film))'' (2008) - Manager
*''[Law & Order](/source/Law_%26_Order)'' (2009, TV Series)<ref name=nyt/> - Judge Rachel Cates
*''[Black Swan](/source/Black_Swan_(film))'' (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](/source/Blue_Bloods_(TV_series))'' (2012–2016, TV Series)<ref name=nyt/> - Judge Katrina McCarthy
*''[High Maintenance](/source/High_Maintenance_(web_series))'' (2013, TV Series) - Miriam
*''[Home](/source/Home_(2014_film))'' (2014) - Sondra
*''[Top Five](/source/Top_Five)'' (2014) - Wendy (uncredited)
*''[The Boy Downstairs](/source/The_Boy_Downstairs)'' (2017) - Shannon
*''[Shiva Baby](/source/Shiva_Baby)'' (2020) - Ellie
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0644418}}

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Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American women dramatists and playwrights
Category:Songwriters from New York (state)
Category:Actresses from New York City
Category:Living people
Category:Musicians from New York City
Category:Sarah Lawrence College alumni
Category:New York University Tisch School of the Arts alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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