Debra Messing

Known for ActingBorn 1968-08-15 (age 58)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 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 performance. Messing's film work includes A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Jesus (1999), The Mothman Prophecies (2002), Hollywood Ending (2002), Along Came Polly (2004), The Wedding Date (2005), Lucky You (2007), The Women (2008), Nothing Like the Holidays (2008), Searching (2018), and 13: The Musical (2022). She has also lent her voice to animated films such as Garfield (2004) and Open Season (2006). Description above from the Wikipedia article Debra Messing, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

Bombshell in Concert

Partners

Jesus

Seinfeld

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Searching

Will & Grace

Trailblazer Honors

Like Sunday, Like Rain

King of the Hill

The Mysteries of Laura

A Walk in the Clouds

The Graham Norton Show

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The War of the Worlds 2021

The $100,000 Pyramid

Ned & Stacey

MADtv

Prey

Will & Grace

The Wedding Date

Bros

Jesus

Match Game

Billy on the Street

Smash

Hollywood Ending

The Alto Knights

October 8

Nothing Like the Holidays

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Project Runway

Open Season

The Mothman Prophecies

Irresistible

13: The Musical

Along Came Polly

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

Celebrity

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Purple Violets

Albion: The Enchanted Stallion

Garfield

Lucky You

Dirty Dancing

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Dark Divide