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Debra Messing
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American actress (born 1968)
Film & TV
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- The Alto Knights — Bobbie Costello2025
- October 8 — Self2025
- 13: The Musical — Jessica Goldman2022
- Bros — Debra Messing2022
- The War of the Worlds 20212021
- The Dark Divide — Thea Pyle2020
- Bombshell in Concert2020
- Irresistible — Babs Garnett (uncredited)2020
- The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU — Self2020
- Stucco — Counselor2019
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Key facts
- Born
- Debra Lynn Messing , ( 1968-08-15 ) August 15, 1968 (age 57) , New York City, U.S.
- Education
- Brandeis University ( BA ) New York University ( MFA )
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1993–present
- Spouse
- Daniel Zelman ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2000 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2016 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lynn
- Family name
- Messing
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Spouse
- Daniel Zelman
- Occupation
- television producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Hair colour
- red hair
- Image
- Debra Messing July 13 2014 cropped and lighting corrected.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- East Greenwich
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- Debra Messing
- date of birth
- 1968-08-15
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- Debra Messing
- name in native language
- Debra Messing
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- social media followers
- 701728
- writing language
- English language
- member of
- SAG-AFTRA
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Encyclopedic overview
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 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 and the eponymous TV series, for which she in total 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 performance.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Debra Messing” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.