Debi Mazar | |
|---|---|
 Mazar in 2009 | |
| Born | (1964-08-13)August 13, 1964 (age 61) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Debi Mazar Corcos (/ˈmeɪzɑːr/;[1] born August 13, 1964[2]) is an American actress and television personality. She began her career with supporting roles inGoodfellas (1990),Little Man Tate (1991),Singles (1992), andBatman Forever (1995), followed by lead roles on the legal drama seriesCivil Wars andL.A. Law. She portrayed press agent Shauna Roberts on theHBO seriesEntourage. She starred as Maggie Amato onTV Land'sYounger, and alongside her husbandGabriele Corcos in theCooking Channel seriesExtra Virgin.
Mazar was born inQueens, New York, the daughter of Nancy and Harry Mazar (Harija Fogelmanis[3]). Her father was born inGerman-occupied Latvia to aJewish family. She had no knowledge of her father's ancestry until her twenties as he practicedCatholicism.[4] Mazar's parents annulled their marriage shortly after she was born,[5] and she spent her early life in the country inupstate New York with her mother.[5] As a teenager, she relocated toLong Island, where she lived with her godparents.[5]
Mazar left home at 15, and by 16 she was working as a VIP doorperson at theMudd Club in New York City.[6] She then went to work atDanceteria.[6] Mazar worked various odd jobs, including selling jewelry atFiorucci withLinda Ramone andJoey Arias, and later as a dental assistant.[7]
In the early 1980s, Mazar was part of the downtown club scene in New York City, socializing with artistsJean-Michel Basquiat,Keith Haring, andKenny Scharf.[6]
While working at Danceteria, Mazar metMadonna,[5] who hired Mazar to do her makeup for her first music video "Everybody" (1982). She appeared in five of Madonna's music videos: "Papa Don't Preach" (1986), "True Blue" (1986), "Justify My Love" (1990), "Deeper and Deeper" (1992) and "Music" (2000).[8][9] Mazar originated the hair and makeup for the 1988 playSpeed-the-Plow.[7]
As a teenager, Mazar was ab-girl in New York City. Her first television appearance was on the pilot for the hip-hop television dance showGraffiti Rock, in 1984.[10] Her first major role was playing a character onCivil Wars in the early 1990s. When that series was cancelled her character was brought over as a recurring role between the 1993 and 1994 seasons of the TV dramaL.A. Law.[8]
Mazar has played a number of minor supporting roles in a variety of films, including Sandy, a friend of Henry Hill's mistress inGoodfellas (1990);The Doors (1991); a small role inSpike Lee'sMalcolm X (1992);Bullets Over Broadway (1994); and as Spice (of Sugar and Spice, withDrew Barrymore as Sugar) inBatman Forever (1995).
Mazar played the villain Regina, a modern-dayCruella de Vil, in the family filmBeethoven's 2nd (1993). She has appeared in independent filmsInside Monkey Zetterland andNowhere and her short-lived sitcom,Temporarily Yours. She appeared in theSpace Monkeys' music video "Sugarcane".[8]
Mazar appeared on aFriends episode in its eighth season ("The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part One"). Mazar played Doreen, the Evil Bitch, a crazed pregnant woman who shares a hospital room withRachel.[11] In the 1999 docudrama filmThe Insider she played character Lowell Bergman's assistant Debi. From 2000-02 she played Jackie on the television dramaThat's Life. She provided the voice ofMaria Latore in the video gamesGrand Theft Auto III (2001) andGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004).[12][13] Also in 2004, she made a cameo appearance in the filmCollateral in which she played the passenger while arguing with her boyfriend (Bodhi Elfman) while the main protagonist, Max Durocher (Jamie Foxx), is driving them to their destination.
From 2004 to 2011, she had a supporting role onEntourage as press agent Shauna Roberts. She had a recurring role on the sitcomLiving with Fran, as Merrill, the cousin ofFran Drescher's character. She did a two-episode stint on the television seriesUgly Betty as fraudster Leah Stillman.[14]
Mazar was a contestant on theninth season ofDancing With the Stars. She was partnered withMaksim Chmerkovskiy and finished in twelfth place, eliminated in the third week (October 6, 2009).[15] In 2012, Mazar played Jessica, a glamorous, leather-clad villainess inHome Alone: The Holiday Heist.[16]
On January 19, 2011, Mazar and her husbandGabriele Corcos began hosting the cooking showExtra Virgin on theCooking Channel, and released a cookbook,Recipes & Love From Our Tuscan Kitchen, in 2014.[17][18][19] Mazar and Corcos appeared on an episode of the ABC talk showThe Chew in 2014 to promote their show,Extra Virgin.[20] Their two daughters starred in the series, which depicted their lives and showcased their own recipes. The show was scripted and lasted five seasons. In 2015, Mazar and her husband started another series on the Cooking Channel entitledExtra Virgin Americana where they travel the U.S., road trip style, with their children and family friend searching for great food.[21]
From 2015 to 2021, Mazar starred inYounger withSutton Foster andHilary Duff as Maggie Amato. The series met critical acclaim and was renewed for a seventh season in 2019, making it the longest-running original series in TV Land network's history.[22]
Mazar appeared in the second season ofThe $100,000 Pyramid reboot on ABC on August 6, 2017. In the main game, she helped her contestant get seven clues in 15 seconds causing hostMichael Strahan to say, "I think that's the quickest round we've ever had, 15 seconds!"[23]
In 2018 she playedAva Gardner in the Spanishperiodcomedy-drama television seriesArde Madrid, telling the story of the period which the American actress spent inMadrid duringFrancoist Spain.[citation needed]
Between 2020–2021, Mazar and her husband ran a cafe/restaurant called Tuscan Gun in theWindsor Terrace neighborhood of Brooklyn.[24] Mazar and Corcos formerly hosted an internet show focused onTuscan cuisine,Under The Tuscan Gun.[25]
In 2024, Mazar playedMedusa in theNetflix show,KAOS.[26]
Mazar dated artist Kenny Scharf and graffiti artist Kel 139 in the 1980s.[27][6] She dated actorPaul Reubens for several years beginning in 1993. Reubens later credited Mazar with ending his depression resulting from his 1991 arrest.[28] According to Mazar, their relationship was platonic.[29]
She marriedGabriele Corcos on March 16, 2002, in a ceremony officiated byEllen Burstyn.[30] They have two daughters. The family formerly lived inLos Angeles and moved toBrooklyn, New York in 2009. They divided their time between Brooklyn and a 15th-century home outside ofFlorence, Italy, that was given to them as a wedding present by Mazar's in-laws.[30] Prior to theCOVID-19 pandemic, Mazar and her family relocated to their Florence villa;[31] she has Italian citizenship.[32]
Mazar has a close friendship with pop starMadonna.[33]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Goodfellas | Sandy | ||
| 1991 | The Doors | Whiskey Girl | ||
| Jungle Fever | Denise | |||
| Little Man Tate | Gina | |||
| 1992 | In the Soup | Suzie | ||
| Inside Monkey Zetterland | Daphne | |||
| Love Is Like That | Delores | |||
| Singles | Brenda | |||
| Malcolm X | Peg | |||
| Toys | Nurse Debbie | |||
| 1993 | So I Married an Axe Murderer | Susan | ||
| Money for Nothing | Monica Russo | |||
| Beethoven's 2nd | Regina | |||
| 1994 | Bullets Over Broadway | Violet "Vi" | ||
| 1995 | Batman Forever | "Spice" | ||
| Empire Records | Jane | |||
| 1996 | Things I Never Told You | Diane | ||
| Girl 6 | Girl #39 | |||
| Trees Lounge | Crystal | |||
| Red Ribbon Blues | Darcy | |||
| Space Truckers | Cindy | |||
| 1997 | Meet Wally Sparks | Sandy Gallo | ||
| Nowhere | "Kozy" | |||
| She's So Lovely | Georgie | |||
| The Deli | Teresa | |||
| Casper: A Spirited Beginning | Angie Lyons | Direct-to-video | ||
| Trouble on the Corner | Ericca Rice | |||
| 1998 | Frogs for Snakes | Simone | ||
| Hush | Lisa | |||
| There's No Fish Food in Heaven | Rosie | |||
| Marry Me or Die | - | |||
| 1999 | The Insider | Debbie De Luca | ||
| 2000 | More Dogs Than Bones | Mary | ||
| Held for Ransom | Rita | |||
| Downtown 81 | Peppermint Lounge Dancer | |||
| 2002 | Ten Tiny Love Stories | "Six" | ||
| The Tuxedo | CSA Agent Steena | |||
| The Groovenians | Yalda / Swirly / Cuckoo Bird (voice) | Short film | ||
| 2003 | Who Killed the Idea? | Mysterious Woman | Short film | |
| Deception | Janet Steiner | |||
| 2004 | Collateral | Young Professional Woman | ||
| Goodnight, Joseph Parker | Rita | |||
| My Tiny Universe | Bonnie | |||
| 2005 | Be Cool | Marla | ||
| Edmond | Matron | |||
| Wait | Joanne | Short film | ||
| 2006 | Lies & Alibis | Detective Bryce | ||
| Red Riding Hood | Red's Mother | |||
| 2008 | A Beautiful Life | Susan | ||
| The Women | Tanya | |||
| 2013 | Lovelace | Dolly Sharp | ||
| Return to Babylon | Gloria Swanson | |||
| 2014 | She's Funny That Way | Vickie | ||
| The Actor | Bag Lady | Short film | ||
| 2015 | Entourage | Shauna Roberts | ||
| 2017 | The Only Living Boy in New York | Anna | ||
| Wonder Wheel | Birthday Party Guest | |||
| 2021 | A Christmas Number One | Colleen Porter | ||
| 2022 | Rainbow | Party Guest | ||
| 2023 | The Kill Room | The Kimono | ||
| TBA | The Last Mrs. Parrish | Filming |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Graffiti Rock | Dancer | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 1991–93 | Civil Wars | Denise Iannello | Main cast | |
| 1993–94 | L.A. Law | Denise Iannello | Main cast (season 8) | |
| 1994 | Witch Hunt | The Manicurist | TV movie | |
| 1995 | Burke's Law | Rachel Davis | Episode: "Who Killed the Motor Car Maverick?" | |
| 1997 | E! True Hollywood Story | Herself | Episode: "From Pinup to Sex Queen: Bettie Page" | |
| Temporarily Yours | Deb DeAngelo | Main cast | ||
| 1998 | Witness to the Mob | Deborah Gravano | TV movie | |
| David and Lisa | Maggie | TV movie | ||
| 1998–99 | Working | Liz Tricoli | Main cast (season 2) | |
| 1999 | The Wild Thornberrys | Mongoose (voice) | Episode: "Darwin Plays the Palace" | |
| Providence | Vonda Vickers | Episodes: "Thank You, Providence: Parts 1 & 2" | ||
| The Sissy Duckling | Mother Duck 2 (voice) | TV movie | ||
| 2000 | Get Real | Kate Harris | Episode: "Saved" | |
| 2000–02 | That's Life | Jackie O'Grady | Main cast | |
| 2002 | Hollywood Squares | Herself/Panelist | Episode: "May 2 & 3, 2002" | |
| Friends | Doreen, The Evil Bitch | Episode: "The One Where Rachel Has a Baby: Part 1" | ||
| 2003 | Wanda at Large | Jenny Hawkins | Unsold pilot, series was picked up from retooled second pilot | |
| 2003–04 | 7th Heaven | Nurse Kelly | Recurring role (season 8) | |
| 2003–05 | All of Us | Alex | Recurring role (seasons 1–2) | |
| 2004 | The Practice | Gigi Coley | Recurring role (season 8) | |
| CSI: Miami | Rebecca Briggs | Episode: "Speed Kills" | ||
| 2004–11 | Entourage | Shauna Roberts | Recurring role (seasons 1, 5–6, 8), main cast (seasons 2–3), guest episodes (1 each - seasons 4, 7) | |
| 2005 | NYPD Blue | Maxine Annunziato | Episode: "Lenny Scissorhands" | |
| 2005–06 | Living With Fran | Cousin Merrill | Recurring role (season 2) | |
| 2006 | Ghost Whisperer | Josie | Episode: "The Woman of His Dreams" | |
| Ugly Betty | Leah Feldman | Recurring role (season 1) | ||
| 2007 | Top Chef | Herself | Episode: "Seven" | |
| 2008 | Privileged | Debra | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Peggy Bernardi | Episode: "Babes" | ||
| 2009 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Herself | Episode: "Barry Williams, Debi Mazar, Greg Grunberg and Sammy Hagar" | |
| Dancing With The Stars | Herself | Contestant (season 9) | ||
| Burn Notice | Amy | Episode: "Friends Like These" | ||
| Castle | Paula Haas | Episode: "When the Bough Breaks" | ||
| 2010 | Sesame Street | Herself | Episode: "Jack Grows His Own Beanstalk" | |
| Hell's Kitchen | Herself | Episode: "12 Chefs Compete" | ||
| RuPaul's Drag U | Herself/Guest Judge | Episode: "Moms on the Verge" | ||
| Shalom Sesame | Herself | Episode: "Chanukah: The Missing Menorah" | ||
| Iron Chef America | Herself/ICA Judge | Episode: "Symon/Burrell vs. Cora/Irvine" | ||
| The Life & Times of Tim | Rochelle (voice) | Episode: "Rodney Has a Wife?" | ||
| Hawthorne | Donna Alberghetti | Episode: "Hidden Truths" | ||
| Jonas | Mona Klein | Recurring role (season 2) | ||
| 2010–12 | Unique Eats | Herself | Recurring role (season 1–4) | |
| 2011 | Iron Chef America | Herself/ICA Judge | Episode: "Holiday Battle Sparkling Wine: Garces vs. Lata" | |
| Love Lust | Herself | Episode: "Make-Up" | ||
| Food(ography) | Herself | Episode: "Los Angeles" | ||
| Good Vibes | Barbara "Babs" Brando (voice) | Main cast | ||
| 2011–12 | The Perfect 3 | Herself | Episode: "Salads" & "Pizza" | |
| 2011–15 | Extra Virgin | Herself/Co-Host | Main co-host | |
| 2012 | Melissa & Joey | Harper Quinn | Episode: "The Knockout" | |
| Happily Divorced | Jan | Episode: "The Back-Up Fran" | ||
| Home Alone: The Holiday Heist | Jessica | TV movie | ||
| 2013 | Not My Mama's Meals | Herself | Episode: "Getting Saucy!" | |
| 2015 | Park Bench with Steve Buscemi | Herself | Episode: "Sidekicker" | |
| The Kitchen | Herself/Host | Episode: "Freezer Fixes and Pantry Staples" | ||
| 2015–17 | Beat Bobby Flay | Herself/Judge/Mentor | Recurring judge & mentor | |
| 2015–21 | Younger | Maggie Amato | Main cast | |
| 2016 | All-Star Academy | Herself/Co-Host/Judge | Episode: "Geography" | |
| Extra Virgin Americana | Herself/Co-Host | Main co-host | ||
| Project Runway All Stars | Herself/Guest Judge | Episode: "Rebel with a Cause" | ||
| Elementary | Detective Cosa | Episode: "It Serves You Right" | ||
| 2017 | So Cosmo | Herself | Episode: "Vol. 1, No. 2: Big New Futures" | |
| The $100,000 Pyramid | Herself/Celebrity Player | Episode: "Bobby Moynihan vs. Debi Mazar and Wendie Malick vs. Jesse Palmer" | ||
| 2017–19 | Happy! | Isabella Scaramucci | Recurring role | |
| 2018 | Match Game | Herself/Celebrity Panelist | Episode: "Episode #3.16" | |
| The Simpsons | Minnie Szyslak (voice) | Episode: "King Leer" | ||
| Arde Madrid | Ava Gardner | Main cast | ||
| 2019 | Worst Cooks in America | Herself/Judge | Episode: "The Day We've Been Waiting For" | |
| 2020 | Power | Doloris | Recurring role (season 6) | |
| Katy Keene | Herself | Episode: "Chapter Twelve: Chain of Fools" | ||
| At Home with Amy Sedaris | "Jo-Jo" | Episode: "First Dates" | ||
| 2021 | The Other Two | Herself | Episode: "Pat Connects with Her Fans" | |
| 2022 | The Pentaverate | Patty Davis | Main cast | |
| 2023 | City Island | Laney | Episode: "History" | |
| East New York | Ann-Marie Quinlan | Recurring role | ||
| 2024 | Ladies in Black | Magda Szombathelyi | Main cast | |
| Kaos | Medusa | Recurring role | ||
| Emily in Paris | Marlena | Episode: "All Roads Lead to Rome" | ||
| Blue Bloods | Evaline Romano | Episode: "Life Sentence" | ||
| 2025 | The Iris Affair | Celia Baxter | 3 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Grand Theft Auto III | Maria Latore | ||
| 2004 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | |||
| 2021 | Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition | Archival recordings Remasters ofGrand Theft Auto III andGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas only |
| Year | Artist | Song | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Madonna | "Everybody" | |
| 1986 | "Papa Don't Preach" | ||
| "True Blue" | |||
| 1990 | "Justify My Love" | ||
| 1992 | "Deeper and Deeper" | ||
| 1997 | Space Monkeys | "Sugar Cane" | |
| 2000 | Madonna | "Music" |
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