Debra Messing
Debra Messing is an American actress. Born August 15, 1968, in Brooklyn. Educated at Brandeis University and New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Awards include Lucy Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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- Described as
- American actress (born 1968)
- Other names
- Debra Lynn Messing, Debra Moessing, Debra Lynn Moessing, Debra Messing-Zelman
- Born
- August 15, 1968 · 2 references
- Born in
- Brooklyn · 1 reference
- Citizen of
- United States
- Occupation
- film actor · 2 references; voice actor; stage actor; television actor; comedian · 1 reference; actor · 1 reference; film producer · 1 reference; television producer
- Education
- Brandeis University (1986–1990); New York University Tisch School of the Arts (1990–1993); East Greenwich High School
- Member of
- SAG-AFTRA
- Awards
- Lucy Award (2005) · 1 reference; Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (2003); star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1 reference; Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2002); Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (5 times) (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004); TV Guide Award (2 times) (2001, 2012)
- Spouse
- Daniel Zelman (2000–2016)
- Religion
- Judaism
- Lived in
- Manhattan; East Greenwich
- Wikipedias with a page
- 52
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1385560201
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 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 and the TV series of the same name, 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), 13: The Musical (2022), and The Alto Knights (2025). She has also lent her voice to animated films such as Garfield (2004) and Open Season (2006).
- Born, in its opening lines
- August 15, 1968
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