Deborah Kara Unger most recently starred opposite Sir Ian McKellan in Carl Bessai's upcoming feature film Emile, and screen legend Sophia Loren in Edoardo Ponti's Between Strangers, with Mira Sorvino and Gerard Depardieu, for which she received a 2003 Genie Award nomination.

Since graduating from the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art, she has co-starred in such films as Norman Jewison's Hurricane, with Denzel Washington; Payback, with Mel Gibson; David Fincher's The Game, with Michael Douglas and Sean Penn; David Cronenberg's Crash, with Holly Hunter and James Spader, which received 1997's Special Jury Prize at Cannes; and Istvan Szabo's award-winning epic Sunshine, with Ralph Fiennes and William Hurt, which garnered her a 2000 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress. Other feature film credits include The Salton Sea, with Val Kilmer; Signs and Wonders, with Stellan Skarsgard and Charlotte Rampling; No Way Home, with Tim Roth; Bette Gordon's critically acclaimed Luminous Motion; and The Weekend, with Gena Rowlands, which received the 1999 Best Ensemble Acting Award at the Seattle Film Festival. Other films include Leo, with Dennis Hopper and Sam Shepard; Fear X, with John Turturro; Stander, with Thomas Jane; 13, with Holly Hunter; and 1.0, directed by Marteinn Thorsson and Jeff Renfroe. Ms. Unger made her feature film debut in the award-winning WWII drama Prisoners of the Son, with Russell Crowe.

On television Unger appeared as Ava Gardner in HBO's 1998 drama The Rat Pack and in the award winning mini-series Bangkok Hilton with Nicole Kidman.

In May 2003 Unger was honored as the first actor to be the recipient of the Libertae Award at the Dubrovnik International Film Festival for her work in and commitment to the spirit of the independence in film.

  88 Minutes (2006) (post-production) .... Carol

Silent Hill (2006) .... Dahlia Gillespie
Things That Hang from Trees (2006) .... Connie Mae Wheeler
The Alibi (2006) .... Dorothy
White Noise (2005) .... Sarah Tate
A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) .... Georgianna
One Point O (2004) .... Trish
... aka Ein gráða (Iceland)
... aka Paranoia 1.0 (USA: DVD title)
... aka Paranoia: 1.0 (USA: new title)
Emile (2003) .... Nadia
... aka Émile (Canada: French title)
Stander (2003) .... Bekkie Stander
Hollywood North (2003) .... Sandy Ryan
Fear X (2003) .... Kate
Thirteen (2003) .... Brooke LaLaine
Leo (2002) .... Caroline
Between Strangers (2002) .... Catherine
... aka Coeurs inconnus (Canada: French title)
... aka Cuori estranei (Italy)
The Salton Sea (2002) .... Colette
Ten Tiny Love Stories (2001)
... aka Women Remember Men (USA)
Signs & Wonders (2000) .... Katherine

The Hurricane (1999) .... Lisa Peters
Sunshine (1999) .... Maj. Carole Kovacs
... aka A Napfény íze (Hungary)
... aka Sunshine - Ein Hauch von Sonnenschein (Germany)
The Weekend (1999) .... Marian Kerr
Payback (1999) .... Mrs. Lynn Porter
Youri (1999)
The Rat Pack (1998) (TV) .... Ava Gardner
Luminous Motion (1998) .... Mom
The Game (1997) .... Christine
Keys to Tulsa (1997) .... Vicky Michaels Stover
No Way Home (1996) .... Lorraine
Crash (1996/I) .... Catherine Ballard
Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994) .... Alex Johnson/Sarah
... aka Highlander III (Canada: French title) (France)
... aka Highlander 3: The Final Conflict (Europe: English title)
... aka Highlander: The Final Dimension (USA)
... aka Highlander: The Magician
State of Emergency (1994) (TV) .... Sue Payton
"Hotel Room"
... aka David Lynch's Hotel Room
- Getting Rid of Robby (1993) TV Episode (as Deborah Unger) .... Sasha
Whispers in the Dark (1992) .... Eve Abergray
Prisoners of the Sun (1990) (as Deborah Unger) .... Sister Littell
... aka Blood Oath (Australia)
Till There Was You (1990) .... Anna Vivaldi
Breakaway (1990) (as Deborah Unger) .... Marion
... aka Escape from Madness (UK)

"Bangkok Hilton" (1989) (mini) TV Series (as Deborah Unger) .... Astra