Debra DiGiovanni is a Canadian stand-up comedian of Italian descent originally from Tillsonburg, Ontario. Her comedy career began with the help of Humber College's inaugural year of their Comedy Writing and Performance course in 2000 and she was nominated for the coveted Tim Sims Comedy Encouragement Award in 2002. In the same year, she won the Canadian Comedy Award for the Best Stand-Up Newcomer. In 2003, NOW magazine named her headline show as the third best of the year. She taped her Comedy Now Special for CTV in the summer of 2004 and in 2005, was nominated for Best Female Stand-Up. 2005 was her first appearance at the Just For Laughs Festival, where she was invited on a cross Canada tour opening for Russell Peters. Presently, she is a sought after headliner and accomplished voice performer. Debra can also be heard on CBC radio on The Debaters. Previously she was a judge on the popular MuchMusic show Video on Trial and its spinoff, Stars on Trial. She appeared in the fifth season of Last Comic Standing. By winning an audition in Montreal, she was selected to participate in a semifinal qualifying round in Hollywood, making it to the top 10 as a finalist. She participated in the show until she was eliminated and placed 8th. She hosted the 2007 Canadian New Media Awards and the 2007 Canadian Comedy Awards, she also won the Best Female Comedian at the Canadian Comedy Awards. In July 2008, she appeared on eTalk, interviewing contestants on the sixth season of Canadian Idol. She also hosted the Genie Awards alongside Sandra Oh and one night of the Gemini Awards in 2008. She completed two seasons of the Slice network's Plastic Makes Perfect and made regular appearances on The Comedy Network 2012 version Match Game.