Bio
Debra Winger is an American actress best known for her award-winning roles in the feature films Terms of Endearment (1983) and A Dangerous Woman, in 1993.
Winger got her first starring role in Thank God It's Friday, followed by her acclaimed role of a cowgirl in Urban Cowboy in 1980, for which she received a BAFTA award nomination.
In 1982, she co-starred with Nick Nolte in Cannery Row and opposite Richard Gere in An Officer and a Gentleman, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
She was also twice Oscar-nominated as Best Actress for 1983's Terms of Endearment and 1993's Shadowlands, the latter of which earned her a second BAFTA nomination. Winger's performance in A Dangerous Woman garnered a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.
Other films include Legal Eagles, Made in Heaven, Everybody Wins, The Sheltering Sky, Leap of Faith, Black Widow, Betrayed, Wilder Napalm, A Dangerous Woman, and HBO Films' Sometimes in April.
She also appeared as Anne Hathaway's estranged mother in Rachel Getting Married.
Although primarily a film actress, Winter has appeared in several television series as well including The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, Police Woman, Law & Order and In Treatment.