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Template:Realworld Catherine "Cathy" DeBuono (born 20 February 1970; age 54) is an actress who appeared in the last three seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as dabo girl M'Pella as well as in several other roles. She served also as stand-in, photo double, and body double for Terry Farrell. She received no on-screen credits until her final appearance in the episode "The Dogs of War". DeBuono also played one of the Breen in an episode of Deep Space Nine.

DeBuono was born in Yankers, New York and grew up in Bronxville, New York. As an athlete she started a career as a successfull volleyball player and received several awards and medals such as her first gold medal at the United States Olympic Festival in 1991.

DeBuono has started her acting career after she played in a stage play directed by a former student and must finish her career as a volleyball player because of a knee injury. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and graduated in 1994. In 2003 she earned a master degree in clinical psychology.

She appeared as a regular in several episodes of the David E. Kelley television series Chicago Hope as a paramedic. Between 1996 and 1998 she acted alongside Star Trek performers Alicia Coppola, April Grace, Scott Jaeck, Margot Rose, Eve Brenner, Mark Moses, and Chris Sarandon.

Other television series she was involved in include the comedy series Jenny (1997, episode A Girl's Gotta Spike), The Pretender (1998, episode Collateral Damage, with Steven Anderson, Stefan Gierasch, Jay Karnes, Daniel Dae Kim, and Adrian Sparks), Pacific Blue (1998, episode Heat in the Hole, with James G. MacDonald), the action comedy Martial Law (1999, episode Big Trouble, with Tom Wright and Troy Brenna), the comedy series Becker (2003, episode Amanda Moves Out), and the comedy series Exes and Oh's (2007, pilot episode).

DeBuono has also appeared in a few films, including the short project Gay Propaganda (2002) and the awarded Out at the Wedding (2007), and is currently filming And Then Came Lola (set for 2008).

Uncredited Star Trek appearances

Appearances as M'Pella

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