Nicole DeHuff(1975-2005)

Nicole DeHuff 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 Mon beau-père et moi (2000), 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 Les Experts : Miami (2002), Monk (2002) and The practice: Bobby Donnell & associés (1997). 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 30 years old.