Biography
Debra Monk, an Emmy and Tony Award-winner, has appeared on film in "Reaching Home," "One for the Money," "Ass Backwards," "The Great Buck Howard," "The Savages," "Palindromes," "Center Stage," "The Devil's Advocate," "In & Out," "Extreme Measures," "The Bridges of Madison County," "Jeffrey" and "Fearless."
She has starred on Broadway in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"; "Curtains," for which she earned a Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award nomination; "Chicago"; "Reckless"; "Thou Shalt Not"; "Ah, Wilderness!"; "Steel Pier," for which she received a Tony nomination; "Company"; "Picnic," bringing another Tony nomination; "Redwood Curtain," earning a Tony Award; "Nick and Nora"; and "Pump Boys and Dinettes," which Monk co-authored and which earned her another Tony nomination.
On Television, Monk has appeared as George's mother on "Grey's Anatomy," Ellen's mother on "Damages," Will Schuester's mother on "Glee," and Elizabeth Burke's mother on "White Collar." She has also guest-starred on the series "Reckless," "Girls," "Brothers and Sisters," "Ghost Whisperer," "The Closer," "Notes from the Underbelly," "Desperate Housewives," "Law and Order" and "Frasier," and appeared in the television movies "Good Luck, Charlie: It's Christmas!," "The Music Man," "Eloise at the Plaza," "Eloise at Christmastime," "Ellen Foster," and "Redwood Curtain," reviving her Tony-winning performance.
Monk won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Katie Sipowicz on "NYPD Blue."
Warner Bros.
Actress
Movies | |
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2019 |
Standing Up, Falling Down |
2016 |
Drew (TV movie) |
2015 |
Demolition |
2014 |
This Is Where I Leave You |
2013 |
Ass Backwards |
2012 |
One for the Money |
2011 |
Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (TV movie) |
2009 |
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits |
2008 |
The Great Buck Howard |
2007 |
The Savages |
2005 |
Dark Water |
The Producers |
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2004 |
Palindromes |
2003 |
Briar Patch |
Eloise at Christmastime (TV movie) |
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Eloise at the Plaza (TV movie) |
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Milwaukee, Minnesota |
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The Music Man (TV movie) |
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2000 |
Center Stage |
1998 |
Bulworth |
1997 |
Ellen Foster (TV movie) |
In & Out |
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The Devil's Advocate |
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1996 |
Bed of Roses |
Extreme Measures |
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Mrs. Winterbourne |
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The First Wives Club |
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The Substance of Fire |
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1995 |
Jeffrey |
Reckless |
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Redwood Curtain (TV movie) |
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The Bridges of Madison County |
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1994 |
Quiz Show |
1993 |
Fearless |
For Love or Money |
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1992 |
Prelude to a Kiss |
Short | |
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1999 |
KnitWits Revisited (TV movie) |
1997 |
KnitWits |
1992 |
Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story (TV movie) |