Editing Debi Mazar (section)

== Career ==
While working at Danceteria, Mazar met [[Madonna]],<ref name=int /> who hired Mazar to do her makeup for her first music video "[[Everybody (Madonna song)|Everybody]]" (1982). She appeared in five of Madonna's music videos: "[[Papa Don't Preach]]" (1986), "[[True Blue (Madonna song)|True Blue]]" (1986), "[[Justify My Love]]" (1990), "[[Deeper and Deeper]]" (1992) and "[[Music (Madonna song)|Music]]" (2000).<ref name="Film Reference" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/debi-mazar-my-kids-have-play-dates-with-madonna-2009411|title=Debi Mazar: My Kids Have Play Dates With Madonna|publisher=UsMagazine.com|date=November 4, 2009|access-date=July 5, 2012}}</ref> Mazar originated the hair and makeup for the 1988 play ''[[Speed-the-Plow]]''.<ref name="intothegloss" />

As a teenager, Mazar was a [[breakdancing|b-girl]] in New York City. Her first television appearance was on the pilot for the hip-hop television dance show ''[[Graffiti Rock]]'', in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egotripland.com/debi-mazar-80s-hip-hop|title=Debi Mazar Recounts 6 Close Encounters with Hip Hop in the '80s|publisher=egotripland.com|date=August 15, 2011|access-date=July 5, 2012|archive-date=March 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318084432/http://www.egotripland.com/debi-mazar-80s-hip-hop/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her first major role was playing a character on ''[[Civil Wars (TV series)|Civil Wars]]'' in the early 1990s. When that series was cancelled her character was brought over as a recurring role between the 1993 and 1994 seasons of the TV drama ''[[L.A. Law]]''.<ref name="Film Reference" />

Mazar has played a number of minor supporting roles in a variety of films, including Sandy, a friend of Henry Hill's mistress in ''[[Goodfellas]]'' (1990); ''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]'' (1991); a small role in [[Spike Lee]]'s ''[[Malcolm X (1992 film)|Malcolm X]]'' (1992); ''[[Bullets Over Broadway]]'' (1994); and as Spice (of Sugar and Spice, with [[Drew Barrymore]] as Sugar) in ''[[Batman Forever]]'' (1995). 

Mazar played the villain Regina, a modern-day [[Cruella de Vil]], in the family film ''[[Beethoven's 2nd (film)|Beethoven's 2nd]]'' (1993). She has appeared in independent films ''[[Inside Monkey Zetterland]]'' and ''[[Nowhere (1997 film)|Nowhere]]'' and her short-lived sitcom, ''[[Temporarily Yours]]''. She appeared in the [[Space Monkeys]]' music video "Sugarcane".<ref name="Film Reference">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/85/Debi-Mazar.html|title=Debi Mazar Biography|publisher=Filmreference.com|access-date=July 5, 2012}}</ref>

Mazar appeared on a ''[[Friends]]'' episode in its eighth season ("The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part One"). Mazar played Doreen, the Evil Bitch, a crazed pregnant woman who shares a hospital room with [[Rachel Green|Rachel]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7n48dz|title=Friends S08E23 TOW Rachel Has A Baby (Parts 1&2) – video dailymotion|website=Dailymotion|language=en|access-date=March 22, 2020}}</ref> In the 1999 docudrama film ''[[The Insider (film)|The Insider]]'' she played character Lowell Bergman's assistant Debi. From 2000-02 she played Jackie on the television drama ''[[That's Life (2000 TV series)|That's Life]]''. She provided the voice of [[Grand Theft Auto III#Story and characters|Maria Latore]] in the video games ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]'' (2001) and ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' (2004).<ref>{{Citation |last=Time stamp- 3:05 |first=Debbi Mazar as Maria |title=GTA 3 - End Credits (HD) |date=July 14, 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MJeNZvF3LU |language=en |access-date=2022-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Time stamp- 3:38 |first=Maria- Debi Mazar |title=GTA San Andreas - End Credits |date=February 6, 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrSm4tzGvcM |language=en |access-date=2022-07-18}}</ref> Also in 2004, she made a cameo appearance in the film ''[[Collateral (film)|Collateral]]'' in which she played the passenger while arguing with her boyfriend ([[Bodhi Elfman]]) while the main protagonist, Max Durocher ([[Jamie Foxx]]), is driving them to their destination.

From 2004 to 2011, she had a supporting role on ''[[Entourage (American TV series)|Entourage]]'' as press agent Shauna Roberts. She had a recurring role on the sitcom ''[[Living with Fran]]'', as Merrill, the cousin of [[Fran Drescher]]'s character. She did a two-episode stint on the television series ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' as fraudster Leah Stillman.<ref>{{Citation|title=Ugly Betty (TV Series 2006–2010)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805669/fullcredits|access-date=March 10, 2018}}</ref>

Mazar was a contestant on the [[Dancing with the Stars (American season 9)|ninth season]] of ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Dancing With the Stars]]''. She was partnered with [[Maksim Chmerkovskiy]] and finished in twelfth place, eliminated in the third week (October 6, 2009).<ref>{{cite web | first1=Katie | last1=Bosland | first2=Lee | last2=Ferran | title=Dancing With the Stars Double Elimination: Tom Delay and Debi Mazar Go Down | url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/FallConcert/dancing-stars-tom-delay-debi-mazar-double-elimination/story?id=8763104 | website=ABC News | access-date=February 29, 2020 | date=September 21, 2009}}</ref> In 2012, Mazar played Jessica, a glamorous, leather-clad villainess in ''[[Home Alone: The Holiday Heist]]''.<ref>{{Citation|title=Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (TV Movie 2012)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2308733/fullcredits|access-date=March 10, 2018}}</ref>

On January 19, 2011, Mazar and her husband  [[Gabriele Corcos]] began hosting the cooking show ''Extra Virgin'' on the [[Cooking Channel]], and released a cookbook, ''Recipes & Love From Our Tuscan Kitchen'', in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/extra-virgin/index.html|title=Extra Virgin with Debi Mazar & Gabriele Corcos|access-date=February 21, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218220130/http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/extra-virgin/index.html|archive-date=February 18, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Debi-Mazar-Cooking-1028796.aspx|title=Debi Mazar Hits the Kitchen on Extra Virgin|first=Margy|last=Rochlin|date=February 2, 2011|magazine=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=February 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/entourage-actress-debi-mazar-creates-easter-feast-article-1.1760132|work=[[New York Daily News]]|title='Entourage' actress Debi Mazar and family test out their Easter feast for the Daily News|author=Pace, Gina|date=April 20, 2014}}</ref> Mazar and her husband Gabriele Corcos appeared on an episode of the ABC talk show ''[[The Chew]]'' in 2014 to promote their show, ''Extra Virgin''.<ref>{{Citation|title="The Chew" Extra Value Friday: Baconfest (TV Episode 2014) – IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3750226/|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> Their two daughters starred in the series, which depicted their lives and showcased their own recipes. The show was scripted and lasted five seasons. In 2015, Mazar and her husband started another series on the Cooking Channel entitled ''Extra Virgin Americana'' where they travel the U.S., road trip style, with their children and family friend searching for great food.<ref>{{Citation|title=Extra Virgin Americana|url=https://www.cookingchanneltv.com/shows/extra-virgin-americana|access-date=March 10, 2018}}</ref> 

From 2015 to 2021, Mazar starred in ''[[Younger (TV Series)|Younger]]'' with [[Sutton Foster]] and [[Hilary Duff]] as Maggie Amato. The series met critical acclaim and was renewed for a seventh season in 2019, making it the longest-running original series in TV Land network's history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2018/02/21/younger-season-5-charles-michael-davis-series-regular-zane/|title=Younger: Charles Michael Davis Promoted to Series Regular|website=TVLine|date=February 21, 2018|access-date=March 4, 2018|archive-date=February 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221212804/http://tvline.com/2018/02/21/younger-season-5-charles-michael-davis-series-regular-zane/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Mazar appeared in the second season of ''[[Pyramid (game show)|The $100,000 Pyramid]]'' reboot on ABC on August 6, 2017. In the main game, she helped her contestant get seven clues in 15 seconds causing host [[Michael Strahan]] to say, "I think that's the quickest round we've ever had, 15 seconds!"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/the-100000-pyramid/episode-guide/season-02/8-bobby-moynihan-vs-debi-mazar-and-wendie-malick-vs-jesse-palmer|title=The $100,000 Pyramid: Bobby Moynihan vs Debi Mazar and Wendie Malick vs Jesse Palmer – Watch Season 2 Episode 08|website=ABC|access-date=August 7, 2017}}</ref>

In 2018 she played [[Ava Gardner]] in the Spanish [[historical drama|period]] [[comedy-drama]] television series ''[[Arde Madrid]]'',  telling the story of the period which the American actress spent in [[Madrid]] during [[Francoist Spain]].{{cn|date=September 2024}}

Between 2020–2021, Mazar and her husband ran a cafe/restaurant called Tuscan Gun in the [[Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn|Windsor Terrace]] neighborhood of Brooklyn.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Joanne |date=2016-03-18 |title=Debi Mazar, Star of 'Younger,' at Home in Brooklyn |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/realestate/debi-mazar-star-of-younger-at-home-in-brooklyn.html |access-date=2022-05-27 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Mazar and Corcos formerly hosted an internet show focused on [[Tuscany|Tuscan]] cuisine, ''Under The Tuscan Gun''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://underthetuscangun.com|title=Under The Tuscan Gun|date=November 3, 2008|access-date=April 19, 2009}}</ref>