Deborah Offner (born August 7, 1959) is an American actress, songwriter, playwright, and [theatre director]].She was born in New York City. Her father was Mortimer Offner, a photographer, screenwriter, and TV and theatre director. He wrote many of Katharine Hepburn's early films, but blacklisted. Her mother, Pauline, was a photography editor and worked for the first medical photography journal Scope (journal)]]. She went toSarah Lawrence College and NYU School Of The Arts, after graduated she worked extensively on and off Broadway and continues to work in Theatre, most recently in "ACT ONE" at Lincoln Center, and in film and Television on "Orange Is the new Black" and The Chris Rock Comedy "Top Five".She appeared in Jonathan Kaplan films and TV series such as Project X (1987 film)|Project X]], Immediate Family, Unlawful Entry, Love Field, ER (season 5) Episode: Hazed and Confused, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 9) Episode: Snitch.