Deborah Kara Unger was the first Canadian accepted into the prestigious
Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. She made her feature
film debut in Blutiger Schwur (1990), followed by roles in Christopher Crowe's Stimmen im Dunkel (1992), Doch dann kam sie (1991), Highlander III - Die Legende (1994), and the controversial Crash (1996). She acted in the award-winning television drama Bangkok Hilton (1989)
with Nicole Kidman and Denholm Elliott, as well as HBO's Hotel Room (1993), directed by
James Signorelli, and Showtime's ensemble medical drama Skandal in der Notaufnahme (1994).