Debra Messing

Debra Lynn Messing born August 15 1968 is an American actress After graduating from New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts Messing starred in the shortlived television series Ned and Stacey on Fox 19951997 and Prey on ABC 1998 She achieved her breakthrough role as Grace Adler an interior designer on the NBC sitcom Will Grace 19982006 20172020 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 exwife 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 20122013 and as homicide detective Laura Diamond on the NBC policeprocedural comedy The Mysteries of Laura 20142016 From 2017 to 2020 Messing reprised her role as Grace Adler on NBCs three season revival of Will Grace garnering a ninth Golden Globe nomination for her performance Messings 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia