Deborah Kara Unger was the first Canadian accepted into the prestigious Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. She made her feature film debut in Blood Oath (1990), followed by roles in Christopher Crowe’s Whispers in the Dark (1992), Till There Was You (1991), and Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994). 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 State of Emergency (1994).