Debra Winger

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Biography

Mary Debra Winger (born May 16, 1955) is an American actress. A three-time Oscar nominee, she received awards for acting in Terms of Endearment, for which she won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1983, and in A Dangerous Woman, for which she won the Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress in 1993.

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Known For

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Nurse Zombie Carrying Poodle (uncredited)

An Officer and a Gentleman

Paula Pokrifki

Terms of Endearment

Emma Greenway Horton

Radio

Linda Jones

Law & Order

Principal Woodside

Rachel Getting Married

Abby Buchman

Kajillionaire

Theresa

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2023	Accused TV	Margot
2022	With/In Volume 2 MOVIE	Self
2021	The Storms of Jeremy Thomas MOVIE	Self
2021	Mr. Corman TV	Ruth Corman
2021	Mr. Corman TV	Ruth Corman (archive footage)
2021	Ultra City Smiths TV	Trish McSapphire (voice)
2021	With/In Volume 2 MOVIE	(segment "Still Life")
2020	Kajillionaire MOVIE	Theresa
2020	Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema TV	Narrator (voice)
2019	Louis Kahn's Tiger City MOVIE	Herself
2017	Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda MOVIE	Kit (archive footage)
2017	The Lovers MOVIE	Mary
2017	John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood MOVIE	Self - Actress (archive footage)
2017	When We Rise TV	Elena Kagan
2016	Oh Jerome, No MOVIE	Hypnotherapist
2016	The Ranch TV	Maggie
2015	Boychoir MOVIE	Ms. Steel
2014	The Red Tent TV	Rebecca
2014	Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film MOVIE	Self
2012	Lola Versus MOVIE	Robin
2011	How It Ended MOVIE	Wife
2011	Brainwave MOVIE	Self
2009	Ballybrando MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen TV	Self - Guest
2008	Rachel Getting Married MOVIE	Abby Buchman
2008	In Treatment TV	Frances Greer
2006	The Life and Faith of CS Lewis MOVIE	Self
2005	Sometimes in April MOVIE	Prudence Bushnell
2005	Dawn Anna MOVIE	Dawn Anna Townsend
2004	Eulogy MOVIE	Alice Collins
2003	Radio MOVIE	Linda Jones
2002	Searching for Debra Winger MOVIE	Self
2001	Big Bad Love MOVIE	Marilyn
1998	Rumi: Poet of the Heart MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1995	The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True MOVIE	The Wicked Witch of the West
1995	Forget Paris MOVIE	Ellen Andrews Gordon
1994	Inside the Actors Studio TV	Self
1993	Shadowlands MOVIE	Joy Gresham
1993	A Dangerous Woman MOVIE	Martha
1993	Wilder Napalm MOVIE	Vida
1992	Leap of Faith MOVIE	Jane Larson
1990	The Sheltering Sky MOVIE	Kit
1990	Law & Order TV	Principal Woodside
1990	Everybody Wins MOVIE	Angela Crispini
1989	Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton TV	Narrator (voice)
1988	Betrayed MOVIE	Katie Phillips / Cathy Weaver
1987	Made in Heaven MOVIE	Emmett Humbird
1987	Black Widow MOVIE	Alexandra "Alex" Barnes
1986	Legal Eagles MOVIE	Laura J. Kelly
1984	Mike's Murder MOVIE	Betty Parrish
1983	Terms of Endearment MOVIE	Emma Greenway Horton
1982	An Officer and a Gentleman MOVIE	Paula Pokrifki
1982	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial MOVIE	Nurse Zombie Carrying Poodle (uncredited)
1982	Cannery Row MOVIE	Suzy DeSoto
1981	Entertainment Tonight TV	Self
1980	The Alan Thicke Show TV	Self
1980	Urban Cowboy MOVIE	Sissy
1979	French Postcards MOVIE	Melanie
1978	Thank God It's Friday MOVIE	Jennifer
1978	Special Olympics MOVIE	Sherrie Hensley
1977	Szysznyk TV	Self
1976	Slumber Party '57 MOVIE	Debbie
1975	Wonder Woman TV	Drusilla / Wonder Girl
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Host
1974	Police Woman TV	Self
1953	The Oscars TV	Self

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