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Debra Messing

Debra Messing

Acting

August 15, 1968 (57 years old)
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Female
33 Movies
40 TV Shows

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.

Searching
Searching

Searching

2018 7.6

as Detective Vick

Age 50 (now 57)
The Wedding Date
The Wedding Date

The Wedding Date

2005 6.8

as Kat Ellis

Age 36 (now 57)
Will & Grace
Will & Grace

Will & Grace

1998 6.9

as Grace Adler

Age 30 (now 57)
194 eps
Open Season
Open Season

Open Season

2006 6.2

as Beth (voice)

Age 38 (now 57)
Along Came Polly
Along Came Polly

Along Came Polly

2004 6.0

as Lisa Kramer

Age 35 (now 57)
The Alto Knights
The Alto Knights

The Alto Knights

2025 6.2

as Bobbie Costello

Age 56 (now 57)
The Mothman Prophecies
The Mothman Prophecies

The Mothman Prophecies

2002 6.2

as Mary Klein

Age 33 (now 57)
A Walk in the Clouds
A Walk in the Clouds

A Walk in the Clouds

1995 7.4

as Betty Sutton

Age 26 (now 57)
Hollywood Ending
Hollywood Ending

Hollywood Ending

2002 6.5

as Lori

Age 33 (now 57)
Garfield
Garfield

Garfield

2004 5.7

as Arlene (voice)

Age 35 (now 57)
Will & Grace
Will & Grace

Will & Grace

2017 7.5

as Grace Adler

Age 49 (now 57)
52 eps
Like Sunday, Like Rain
Like Sunday, Like Rain

Like Sunday, Like Rain

2014 7.3

as Barbara

Age 45 (now 57)
The Women
The Women

The Women

2008 5.2

as Edie Cohen

Age 40 (now 57)
The Mysteries of Laura
The Mysteries of Laura

The Mysteries of Laura

2014 7.1

as Detective Laura Diamond

Age 46 (now 57)
38 eps
Lucky You
Lucky You

Lucky You

2007 5.7

as Suzanne Offer

Age 38 (now 57)
Jesus
Jesus

Jesus

1999 6.9

as Mary Magdalene

Age 31 (now 57)