# Help me identify this actress **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 26, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-actress/151075 "2003-01-26T19:17:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-actress/151075/1 "2003-01-26T19:17:32Z")
I’ve done quite a bit of searching but haven’t found the answer yet, so I will pose the question here. I am looking for the name of a particular actress. She’s been in movies & TV shows for a while now - 10-15 years, I think. She’s got black hair, thick eyelashes and startling eyes - either light blue or grey. She’s usually in a supporting role, and turns up a lot playing Italian gangsters’ girlfriends, but I don’t think she has an Italian name. She has some sort of New York-esque accent and tends to play whiny/catty women. I’m not sure what else to mention, but if I think of anything else, I’ll post it. I think she might have had a role in Goodfellas or some other Ray Liotta movie, but I’m not positive. IMDB doesn’t have photos for all the actresses listed for Goodfellas and I haven’t been able to track down photos elsewhere on the net. Any suggestions for names to use in more searching would be much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-actress/151075/2 "2003-01-26T19:22:41Z")
Sounds like Debbie Mazar. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-actress/151075/3 "2003-01-26T19:22:55Z")
Is it [Debi Mazar?](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Mazar,+Debi) ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-actress/151075/4 "2003-01-26T19:24:29Z")
[Marisa Tomei](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Tomei,+Marisa)? [Lorraine Bracco](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Bracco,+Lorraine)? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-actress/151075/5 "2003-01-26T19:34:04Z")
This pic is also of Debi Mazar- it shows her eyes better. [http://us.imdb.com/EGallery?source=ss&group=0290095&photo=CN-29A-20AR.jpg&path=pgallery&path\_key=Mazar,+Debi](http://us.imdb.com/EGallery?source=ss&group=0290095&photo=CN-29A-20AR.jpg&path=pgallery&path_key=Mazar,+Debi) ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-actress/151075/6 "2003-01-26T21:46:38Z")
[Illeana Douglas](http://www.htautographs.com/photos/celebrity/d/douglas.jpg)? Eric ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-actress/151075/7 "2003-01-26T22:39:55Z")
The description made me think Jennifer Tilly, but it sure seems like there would have been a voice identifier. unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-actress/151075/8 "2003-02-02T17:33:05Z")
Thanks! It is Debbie Mazar. Sorry it took me so long to get back and say thanks, we’ve been having connectivity issues. So… thanks! I knew you all were the right people to ask.