Debra Messing

  • Name: Debra Messing
  • Date of Birth: August 15, 1968
  • Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Mini-bio: Debra Lynn Messing is an Emmy Award-winning American actress. She is best known for portraying Grace Adler in Will & Grace. In 1993, Messing won praise for her acting in the pre-Broadway workshop prod...( read more)uction of Tony Kushner's much-lauded play Angels in America: Perestroika. Consequently, she appeared in several episodes (running from 1994 to 1995) of the award-winning television series NYPD Blue. In 1995, Messing made her film debut with a supporting role in A Walk in the Clouds, a love story directed by Alfonso Arau. This exposure led the Fox network to make her the co-star of the television sitcom, Ned and Stacey. The series lasted for two seasons, from 1995 to 1997. Messing appeared as Jerry Seinfeld's date in two episodes of the hit television show Seinfeld: "The Wait Out" in 1996 and "The Yada Yada" in 1997. Messing turned down a starring role in another television sitcom to appear in Donald Margulies's two-character play Collected Stories, which opened at the Off-Broadway Manhattan Theater Club in 1997.

In 1998, Messing had a lead role as the bio-anthropologist "Sloan Parker" on ABC's dramatic science fiction television series Prey. Meanwhile, Messing's agent had approached her with the pilot script for the television show Will & Grace. Messing was inclined to take some time off, but the pilot for Will & Grace intrigued her, and she received the role of Grace Adler, beating out Nicollette Sheridan (Knots Landing, Desperate Housewives), who later guest starred on the show as a romantic rival of Grace's. Will & Grace became a big ratings success, and Messing gained renown. In 2002, she was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by People Magazine. TV Guide picked her as its "Best Dressed Woman" in 2003. Messing was personally picked by director Woody Allen for a small role in his 1998 film Celebrity. Her big-screen roles since include a happily married but ill-fated wife in the supernatural thriller The Mothman Prophecies (2002) and a supporting role in Along Came Polly (2004). The Wedding Date (2005) was Messing's first leading role in a high-profile film. It received mixed reviews but performed fairly well at the box office.

Messing was featured as a judge on the season finale of the second season of Bravo's hit reality show, Project Runway. Her combination of beauty and a talent for physical comedy have led some critics to compare her to Lucille Ball. Messing met her husband, Daniel Zelman (an actor and screenwriter), on their first day as graduate students at NYU. The two were married on September 3, 2000, and live in Los Angeles, California. On April 7, 2004, Messing gave birth to their son, Roman Walker Zelman.
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  • claymate14249
    claymate14249
    I love will and grace And the wedding date. you are so pretty! i love ur hair! can we be friends?
    posted 258 days ago
  • kenzieraye07
    kenzieraye07
    omg your awesome in Starter Wife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    posted 491 days ago
  • XXbakergirlXX
    XXbakergirlXX
    When is the new season of Will&Grace coming out on dvd?
    posted 497 days ago
  • pchykunkel
    pchykunkel
    Grace adler was my all time favorite character on will & grace...... her character was so easy to relate to, and made me laugh so hard!!!!! There will never be a character like her, and it's all because of debra messing!
    posted 516 days ago
  • jerrbear12
    jerrbear12
    i love will & grace too and it is soo funny !!!!!!!!!!!! :)
    posted 574 days ago
  • wooow619
    wooow619
    i LOVE will && Grace it great :P
    posted 601 days ago
  • carly5
    carly5
    wooo im the first person 2 leave a comment! i love debra n all of her films n i llooovvee will & grace! xoxo
    posted 687 days ago
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