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Debra Messing

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1968Born, Brooklyn
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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…

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SearchingDetective Vick
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitAlicia Harding
GarfieldArlene (voice)
Along Came PollyLisa Kramer
Open SeasonBeth (voice)
2025The Alto KnightsBobbie CostelloMovie
2025October 8Executive ProducerMovie
2022BrosDebra MessingMovie
202213: The MusicalJessica GoldmanMovie
2021The War of the Worlds 2021Movie
2020IrresistibleBabs Garnett (uncredited)Movie
2020Bombshell in ConcertMovie
2020The Dark DivideThea PyleMovie
2019StuccoCounselorMovie
2018SearchingDetective VickMovie
2017Will & GraceGrace Adler · 52 episodesShow
2016Albion: The Enchanted StallionThe QueenMovie
2014The Mysteries of LauraDetective Laura Diamond · 38 episodesShow
2014Like Sunday, Like RainBarbaraMovie
2012SmashJulia Houston · 32 episodesShow
2011Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor AdventuresMovie
2010Wright vs. WrongEvelyn WrightMovie
2008Nothing Like the HolidaysSarah RodriguezMovie
2008The Starter WifeMolly Kagan · 10 episodesShow
2008The WomenEdie CohenMovie
2007The Starter WifeMolly Kagan · 6 episodesShow
2007Lucky YouSuzanne OfferMovie
2007Purple VioletsKate ScottMovie
2006Open SeasonBeth (voice)Movie
2005The Wedding DateKat EllisMovie
2004GarfieldArlene (voice)Movie
2004Along Came PollyLisa KramerMovie
2002Hollywood EndingLoriMovie
2002The Mothman PropheciesMary KleinMovie
1999JesusMary MagdaleneMovie
1999JesusMary Magdalene · 2 episodesShow
1998CelebrityTV ReporterMovie
1998Will & GraceGrace Adler · 194 episodesShow
1998PreyDr. Sloan Parker · 13 episodesShow
1997McHale's NavyLt. Penelope CarpenterMovie
1995MADtv(uncredited) · 1 episodeShow
1995Ned & StaceyStacey Colbert · 35 episodesShow
1995Partners1 episodeShow
1995A Walk in the CloudsBetty SuttonMovie

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