Deborah Offner

Deborah Offner (born August 7, 1959) is an American actress, songwriter, playwright, and theatre director.

Deborah Offner
Born	(1959-08-07) August 7, 1959 (age 65) New York City, New York, U.S.
Education	Sarah Lawrence College (BA) New York University (MFA)
Occupation(s)	Actress, Songwriter, Playwright, Theatre Director

Life

Offner was born in New York City in 1959. Her father was Mortimer Offner, a photographer, screenwriter, and TV and theatre director. He wrote many of Katharine Hepburn's early films, but he was blacklisted. Her mother, Pauline, was a photography editor and worked for the first medical photography journal Scope. She went to Sarah Lawrence College and NYU School of the Arts, and after graduating she continued to work in theatre on and off Broadway. She has since appeared in Act One at the Lincoln Center, and in film and television on Orange Is the New Black and in the comedy Top Five.

She also 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.^[1]

Partial filmography

• 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)^[1] - 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)^[1] - Judge Rachel Cates
• Black Swan (2010)^[1] - Administrator Susie
• Blue Bloods (2012-2016, TV Series)^[1] - 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