Debra Renee Wilson was born in Queens on April 26, 1962. She has always been guarded and mum on her childhood, but public records show she grew up in and lived at 115-23 131 St. in South Ozone Park, sharing the house with Abie Wilson and Abie Wilson Jr.
Debra Wilson graduated from New York City High School for the Performing Arts and then headed to Syracuse University to continue her passion.
Her calling was improvisation sketch comedy. She was an original cast member of the show “MADtv” from 1995 to 2003. She gave standout performances imitating Oprah Winfrey and Whitney Houston and was recognized for going all in, with no boundaries, be they race, gender or culture…