Deborah Yates

Deborah Yates (born June 5, 1970) is an American dancer and actress. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 2000. Deborah was born and raised in Jacksonville, Texas. The daughter of Bronwyn (née Betts) and David Yates (1938–2006). Her father sold industrial supplies and her mother is a psychologist. She has two sisters, Victoria and Hillary, and a brother Brian Yates started dancing around age 6 and moved from her small hometown to Austin, Texas at age 16 to study dance. She moved back to Jacksonville for her senior year of high school. During her college career she traveled around Europe. She graduated from Southern Methodist University with a degree in Communications. Yates is a member of Mensa.