Debra Wilson

Debra Wilson Headshot

Actress • Comedian • Personality • Voice Actor

Birth Date: April 26, 1962

Age: 61 years old

Birth Place: New York City, New York

Although most people will recognize comedian/actress Debra Wilson from her many years on the sketch comedy program "MADtv" (where she was an original cast member), she has had quite a varied career in show business. After attending Syracuse University's communications school in radio and television broadcasting, she began as a standup comic in New York City in the late 1980s and was a performer with the off-Broadway improvisational troupe Noo Yawk Tawk. She got her first television break doing her act on "The Uptown Comedy Club" and "The Apollo Comedy Hour" in 1992. She went on to co-host a shopping show with the legendary Joan Rivers in 1995 and joined the cast of "MADtv" that same year. Some of her more notable creations from the show include the BAP Bunifa Latifah Halifah Sharifa Jackson, blaxploitation star Cocoa Latite, and spot-on celebrity impersonations of Oprah Winfrey and Whitney Houston. Wilson has done voice work for the animated series "Family Guy," "The Oblongs," "The Mr. Potato Head Show," and "American Dad!," as well as video game characterizations. Her movie roles have yet to match her success on the small screen, but she has appeared in a variety of independent films along with the box office hit spoof "Scary Movie 4" (as Oprah) and the 2010 adventure blockbuster "Avatar."

Credits

Gorilla

Narrator
Show
2024

Mickey's Christmas Tales

Voice
Show
2023

Young LoveStream

Voice
Series
2023
100%

Mech Cadets

Voice
Chief Max
Show
2023

My Adventures with SupermanStream

Voice
Series
2023
96%

Royal CrackersStream

Voice
Tonya
Series
2023

Baby Shark's Big Movie!

Voice
Grandma Shark
Movie
2023

Call Me Miss CleoStream

Self
Movie
2022
57%

Monster HighStream

Voice
Headmistress Bloodgood
Series
2022

Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow BlindStream

Voice
Graji
Movie
2022
80%

Dogs in SpaceStream

Voice
Kira/Duchess
Series
2021

Baby Shark's Big Show Shorts

Voice
Grandma Shark
Show
2021

After Masks

Actor
Pam
Movie
2021

Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms

Voice
D'Vorah
Movie
2021

Moon ManorStream

Actor
Fritti
Movie
2021
90%

Untold: This Is My Story

Actor
Merral
Movie
2021

Baby Shark's Big Show!Stream

Voice
Grandma
Series
2020

Just Roll With ItStream

Guest Star
Nana Blatt
Series
2019

Love, Death & RobotsStream

Voice
Series
2019
85%

Her Side of the Bed

Actor
Angel
Movie
2018

Painkillers

Actor
Gail Konrad
Movie
2018

The Invisible Mother

Actor
Glorianna
Movie
2018

All Hail King Julien: Exiled

Voice
Masikura/Tammy
Show
2017

Open Marriage

Actor
Vulnavia
Movie
2017

Amelia 2.0Stream

Actor
Adah Allen
Movie
2017

WTF: World Thumbwrestling Federation

Actor
Geri McFlem
Movie
2017

This Is Meg

Actor
Sasha
Movie
2017

Bodied

Actor
Dean Hampton
Movie
2017

MADtv

Guest
Show
2016

My Sister Is So Gay

Guest Star
Becca
Show
2016

MADtv 20th Anniversary Reunion

Actor
Show
2016

Angel From HellStream

Guest Star
Series
2016
41%

Caged No More

Actor
Leona
Movie
2016

Life in PiecesStream

Guest Star
Leigh
Series
2015

Midlife

Actor
Diane Freeland
Show
2015

Alton & Kenya's Outrageous Wedding

Actor
Vivian Dunn
Movie
2015

All Hail King Julien

Voice
Masikura
Show
2014

The 10 Year Plan

Actor
Minister
Movie
2014

Fatal Acquittal

Actor
Detective Bell
Movie
2014

Knock 'Em Dead

Actor
Darien
Movie
2014

Mothers of the Bride

Actor
Freesia
Movie
2014

Save MeStream

Guest Star
Series
2013

Back Then

Actor
Georiga Miller
Movie
2012

2 Broke GirlsStream

Guest Star
Delores
Series
2011

Division III: Football's Finest

Actor
Mandy
Movie
2011

Naked Angel

Actor
Mama Tony
Movie
2010

The Cleveland ShowStream

Guest Voice
Series
2009

RuPaul's Drag RaceStream

Judge
Series
2009

Terminator: The Sarah Connor ChroniclesStream

Guest Star
Series
2008
85%

Friends & Lovers: The Ski Trip 2

Actor
Paula
Movie
2008

If I Had Known I Was a Genius

Actor
Teresa Reed
Movie
2007

The Chosen One

Voice
Akia May
Movie
2007

Comics Unleashed With Byron Allen

Guest
Talk
2006

Comics Unleashed With Byron Allen

Guest Star
Talk
2006

In Justice

Guest Star
Show
2006

Scary Movie 4Stream

Actor
Oprah
Movie
2006
34%

Shut Up and Shoot!

Actor
Nikki Ryder
Movie
2006

Rockin' Meera

Actor
Rudy
Movie
2006

American DadStream

Guest Voice
Whitney Houston
Series
2005

Second Time Around

Guest Star
Show
2004

Nine Lives

Actor
Lisa
Movie
2004

Target

Actor
Nolan
Movie
2004

I'm With Her

Guest Star
Show
2003

RENO 911!Stream

Guest Star
Series
2003

Skin Deep

Actor
Alex
Movie
2003

Without a TraceStream

Guest Star
Series
2002

Jane White Is Sick and Twisted

Actor
Chi-Chi
Movie
2002

ScrubsStream

Guest Star
Whitney
Series
2001
83%

The Proud FamilyStream

Guest Voice
Oprah Winfrey
Series
2001

CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationStream

Guest Star
Divine
Series
2000

The ParkersStream

Guest Star
Series
1999

Family Guy

Guest Voice
Whitney Houston
Show
1999

Family GuyStream

Guest Voice
Janet / Mrs. Kanner / Nurse
Series
1999

Soulmates

Actor
Jennifer Williams
Movie
1997

Sleeping Together

Actor
Wendy
Movie
1997

MADtvStream

Actor
Series
1995
43%

MADtvStream

Guest Star
Series
1995
43%

New York UndercoverStream

Guest Star
Series
1994

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStream

Guest Star
Lisa Cusak
Series
1993
91%

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Actor
Show
1988