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Debra Messing

Debra Messing

Actor · Born 1968-08-15 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

Debra Lynn Messing (born August 15, 1968) is an American actress. After graduating from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Messing starred in the shortlived television series, Ned and Stacey on Fox (1995–1997), and Prey on ABC (1998). She achieved her breakthrough role as Grace Adler, an interior designer, on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace (1998–2006, 2017–2020), for which she received seven Golden Globe Award nominations and five Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, winning once, in 2003. From 2007 to 2008, Messing starred as Molly Kagan, the ex-wife of a Hollywood film mogul, on the television miniseries The Starter Wife, for which she received two Golden Globe nominations, a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. Thereafter, she appeared as Broadway playwright Julia Houston on the NBC musical drama Smash (2012–2013) and as homicide detective Laura Diamond on the NBC police-procedural comedy The Mysteries of Laura (2014–2016). From 2017 to 2020, Messing reprised her role as Grace Adler on NBC's three season revival of Will & Grace, garnering a ninth Golden Globe nomination for her perfor…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Alicia Harding
  2. Searching (2018) — Detective Vick
  3. Garfield (2004) — Arlene (voice)
  4. Along Came Polly (2004) — Lisa Kramer
  5. Open Season (2006) — Beth (voice)
  6. Seinfeld (1989) — Beth Lukner
  7. The Mothman Prophecies (2002) — Mary Klein
  8. The Wedding Date (2005) — Kat Ellis
  9. A Walk in the Clouds (1995) — Betty Sutton
  10. King of the Hill (1997) — Mrs. Hilgren-Bronson (voice)
  11. Bros (2022) — Debra Messing
  12. Will & Grace (1998) — Grace Adler
  13. Hollywood Ending (2002) — Lori
  14. Celebrity (1998) — TV Reporter
  15. Irresistible (2020) — Babs Garnett (uncredited)
  16. Dirty Dancing (2017) — Marjorie Houseman
  17. The Alto Knights (2025) — Bobbie Costello
  18. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self - Guest
  19. The Women (2008) — Edie Cohen
  20. Lucky You (2007) — Suzanne Offer
  21. The Graham Norton Show (2007) — Self
  22. The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) — Self
  23. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest
  24. MADtv (1995) — (uncredited)
  25. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) — Self
  26. Like Sunday, Like Rain (2014) — Barbara
  27. The Mysteries of Laura (2014) — Detective Laura Diamond
  28. The View (1997) — Self
  29. Project Runway (2004) — Self - Guest Judge
  30. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) — Self - Guest
  31. Albion: The Enchanted Stallion (2016) — The Queen
  32. Will & Grace (2017) — Grace Adler
  33. Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) — Self - Guest
  34. Jesus (1999) — Mary Magdalene
  35. McHale's Navy (1997) — Lt. Penelope Carpenter
  36. Smash (2012) — Julia Houston
  37. Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) — Sarah Rodriguez
  38. Inside the Actors Studio (1994) — Self
  39. Purple Violets (2007) — Kate Scott
  40. LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) — Self - Guest