Nicole DeHuff was born on 6 January 1974 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, in which she co-starred with Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller. 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, Monk and The Practice. Nicole married in 2000 to Ari Palitz, but had no children. She passed away from pneumonia on 16 February 2005 in Los Angeles. She was 31 years old.



Attended Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama, graduating in 1998. Her last movie was Unbeatable Harold (2006), in which her husband, Ari Palitz, was the producer and director.