Nicole DeHuff

'Nicole DeHuff' (qv) was born on 6 January 1975 in Oklahoma. She began her acting studies at the prestigious Carnegie Mellon Acting Conservatory. Her first screen role was in the comedy hit _Meet the Parents (2000)_ (qv), in which she co-starred with 'Robert De Niro' (qv) and 'Ben Stiller' (qv). Her character (Deborah Byrnes) was the sister whose wedding caused chaos for her family. She subsequently appeared in a guest capacity in such television programs as _CSI: Miami (2002)_ (qv), _Monk (2002)_ (qv) and _The Practice (1997)_ (qv). Nicole married in 2000 to 'Ari Palitz' (qv), but had no children. She passed away from pneumonia on 16 February 2005 in Los Angeles. She was 30 years old.::Alliswell