Nicole DeHuff

Nicole Renee DeHuff (January 6, 1975 – February 16, 2005) was an American actress known for her role as Deborah Byrnes in the comedy movie Meet the Parents. She was born in Antlers, Oklahoma, and raised in Broken Bow and Oklahoma City. DeHuff earned a bachelor's degree in drama from Carnegie Mellon University where she met her husband Ari Palitz, an executive producer and director. Apart from Meet the Parents, she had a regular role in the TV series The Court (2002) and made appearances in popular shows such as CSI: Miami, Without a Trace, Dragnet, The Practice, and Monk. Unfortunately, DeHuff passed away in 2005 due to respiratory illness misdiagnoses.