Debra Messing

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, 1968-08-15

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1995	A Walk in the Clouds	Betty Sutton	73
2	1997	McHale's Navy	Lt. Penelope Carpenter	44
3	1998	Celebrity	TV Reporter	60
4	1999	Jesus	Mary Magdalene	67
5	2002	The Mothman Prophecies	Mary Klein	62
6	2002	Hollywood Ending	Lori	65
7	2002	NBC 75th Anniversary Special	Self	0
8	2004	Along Came Polly	Lisa Kramer	60
9	2004	Garfield	Arlene (voice)	57
10	2005	The Wedding Date	Kat Ellis	68
11	2006	Open Season	Beth (voice)	62
12	2007	Purple Violets	Kate Scott	59
13	2007	Lucky You	Suzanne Offer	56
14	2008	The Women	Edie Cohen	51
15	2008	Nothing Like the Holidays	Sarah Rodriguez	63
16	2010	Wright vs. Wrong	Evelyn Wright	0
17	2014	Like Sunday, Like Rain	Barbara	74
18	2016	Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows	Self	41
19	2016	Albion: The Enchanted Stallion	The Queen	58
20	2017	Dirty Dancing	Marjorie Houseman	55
21	2018	Searching	Detective Vick	76
22	2019	Stucco	Counselor	53
23	2020	The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU	Self	97
24	2020	The Dark Divide	Thea Pyle	52
25	2020	Bombshell in Concert		93
26	2020	Irresistible	Babs Garnett (uncredited)	60
27	2022	13: The Musical	Jessica Goldman	60
28	2022	Bros	Debra Messing	67
29	2024	October 8	Self	30
30	2025	The Alto Knights	Bobbie Costello	63

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	Today	Self	58
2	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
3	1989	Seinfeld	Beth Lukner	83
4	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
5	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
6	1994	Inside the Actors Studio	Self	75
7	1995	Ned and Stacey	Stacey Colbert	72
8	1995	Partners		100
9	1995	MADtv	(uncredited)	69
10	1997	King of the Hill	Mrs. Hilgren-Bronson (voice)	74
11	1997	The View	Self	45
12	1997	The View		45
13	1998	Prey	Dr. Sloan Parker	68
14	1998	Will & Grace	Grace Adler	69
15	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Alicia Harding	79
16	2000	Jesus	Mary Magdalene	90
17	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
18	2004	Project Runway	Self - Guest Judge	62
19	2004	Project Runway	Self	62
20	2005	The Reichen Show	Self - Guest	48
21	2006	The One Show	Self	45
22	2006	The Megan Mullally Show	Self - Guest	42
23	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
24	2007	The Starter Wife	Molly Kagan	50
25	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
26	2011	Project Accessory	Self - Guest Judge	0
27	2011	Billy on the Street	Self	66
28	2012	Smash	Julia Houston	65
29	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon		59
30	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
31	2014	Trailblazer Honors	Self	75
32	2014	The Mysteries of Laura	Detective Laura Diamond	71
33	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	50
34	2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	57
35	2016	Match Game	Self - Panelist	59
36	2016	The $100,000 Pyramid	Self	74
37	2017	Will & Grace	Grace Adler	75
38	2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	51

Debra Messing

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