Deborah Kara Unger (1966 ) is a Canadian actress.

Unger was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to a nuclear disposal specialist mother and a gynecologist father. Before becoming an actress, she studied economics and philosophy at University of British Columbia. She later became the first Canadian to be accepted into Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Unger has been featured in such commercially successful films as The Game and Payback, while she has also found critical acclaim in such films as Keys To Tulsa and the Salton Sea. When Unger is not working, she resides in either Vancouver or Los Angeles, California, U.S..

Deborah Kara Unger was the first Canadian accepted into the prestigious Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. She made her feature film debut in Blood Oath (1990), followed by roles in Christopher Crowe's Whispers in the Dark (1992), Till There Was You (1990), and Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994). She acted in the award-winning television drama "Bangkok Hilton" (1989) (mini) with Nicole Kidman and Denholm Elliott, as well as HBO's "Hotel Room" (1993), directed by James Signorelli, and Showtime's ensemble medical drama State of Emergency (1994) (TV).