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Debra Messing

  • Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Birthday: August 15, 1968

A vivacious redhead with a knack for verbal and physical comedy, Debra Messing was a Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning actress who dominated the sitcom scene for eight years as lovelorn interior designer Grace Adler on “Will and Grace” (ABC). It was during this masterful run as the ditzy Adler that Messing received the ultimate compliment for any comedienne – an oft-cited comparison to Lucille Ball. During and after the show’s run, Messing also found time to appear in the feature films “Hollywood Ending” (2002) and “The W…more

Credits

Actor
Producer

Career Milestones

  • 2008

    Featured in Diane English's female ensemble "The Women," a remake of the 1936 play by Clare Boothe Luce

  • 2008

    Reprised the role of Molly Kagan in the USA series, "The Starter Wife"; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series in 2009

  • 2007

    Played the lead in the USA mini-series, "The Starter Wife"; earned Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Actress

  • 2006

    Voiced forest ranger, Beth in the animated comedy, "Open Season"

  • 2005

    Starred with Dermot Mulroney in the romantic comedy "The Wedding Date"

Awards

  • 2005

    Women in Film Lucy Award:

  • 2003

    Emmy Award: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

  • 2001

    Screen Actors Guild Award: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

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