About
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...
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999
SeinfeldSeries • 1989
King of the HillSeries • 1997
Will & GraceSeries • 1998
Will & GraceSeries • 2017
The Mysteries of LauraSeries • 2014
SmashSeries • 2012
Ned & StaceySeries • 1995
GarfieldMovie • 2004
Open SeasonMovie • 2006
SearchingMovie • 2018
Along Came PollyMovie • 2004
PartnersSeries • 1995
The Alto KnightsMovie • 2025
A Walk in the CloudsMovie • 1995
BrosMovie • 2022
CelebrityMovie • 1998
The Mothman PropheciesMovie • 2002
13: The MusicalMovie • 2022
IrresistibleMovie • 2020
JesusMovie • 1999
The Wedding DateMovie • 2005
The WomenMovie • 2008
Lucky YouMovie • 2007