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Debbie Rochon is a Canadian B-movie and former stage actress born on November 3, 1968 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her career began when she was 13 years old in the movie Ladies and Gentlemen: The Fabulous Stains! which starred actress Diane Lane. Because of that, she realized that her life is meant to be in the world of entertainment. Four years later, at the age of 17, Debbie Rochon moved to New York City in search of more acting opportunities. At that time she has already been part of numerous off-Broadway theater companies and performed in over 25 productions. According to a review of her performance in the magazine Backstage, ‘Debbie Rochon acquitted herself well as the cocaloony bird in Tennessee Williams’ The Gnadiges Fraulein’.

She then focused on another spotlight in the world of acting, this time on movies. Debbie Rochon worked on more than a hundred independent productions both in the United States and Canada. In 1994, she was crowned runner-up Best Actress by Job Bob Briggs, founder of the Hubcap Awards, for the movie Abducted II: The Reunion, which was shot in Canada. Debbie Rochon stood out among her contemporaries when she won the prestigious Barbarella Award for her role as a scheming television producer in Broadcast Bombshells in 1995.

Debbie Rochon is probably most remembered in Troma Entertainment. She first appeared in the satirical program The Troma System as Edna Purlmutter, which was then followed by Tromeo and Juliet, Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV, Terror Firmer, and several episodes in Troma’s Edge TV. In November 2006, Troma released a DVD at EXtakes.com called Debbie Rochon Confidential, which featured unseen footages of Debbie Rochon’s years with Troma. Her most recent works, Vampyre Tales and The Deepening, are now also available on DVD.

Among Debbie Rochon’s other appearances include a guest participation on Fox’s New York Undercover. In 2002, Debbie Rochon earned the title of ‘scream queen’ of the Decade (1990-1999) by Draculina magazine, which was based on reader’ polls. In the same year, she received the Best Psychette Award for Best Female Psycho in a Movie for the horror flick, American Nightmare. Two years later, she also won MircoCinemaFest’s Best Comedy Actress award for Doctor Horror’s Erotic House of Idiots.

Debbie Rochon became the host of the 2005 Village Halloween Parade together with Dee Snider and Felissa Rose. She again worked with Snider on the weekly horror talk show, Fangoria Radio. She now lives in New York City and can regularly be spotted on Fangoria and Sirens of Cinema.