
1968-08-15 ( 56 years old ) in 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).
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Movies
The Alto Knights
2025-03-14
October 8
2024-11-01
Bros
2022-09-30
13: The Musical
2022-08-12
Irresistible
2020-07-01
Bombshell in Concert
2020-05-20
The Dark Divide
2020-03-28
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020-01-02
Stucco
2019-08-08
Searching
2018-08-24
Dirty Dancing
2017-05-24
Albion: The Enchanted Stallion
2016-05-01
Like Sunday, Like Rain
2014-03-01
Wright vs. Wrong
2010-01-01
Nothing Like the Holidays
2008-12-12
The Women
2008-09-12
Lucky You
2007-05-01
Purple Violets
2007-04-30
Open Season
2006-09-27
The Wedding Date
2005-02-04
Garfield
2004-06-10
Along Came Polly
2004-01-16
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002-05-05
Hollywood Ending
2002-05-03
The Mothman Prophecies
2002-01-25
Jesus
1999-12-05
Celebrity
1998-09-07
McHale's Navy
1997-04-18
A Walk in the Clouds
1995-05-27
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