Real Name : Debra Lynn Messing
Birth : 15 August 1968, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Height : 5' 8"
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- 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004) (TV) [Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series]
- 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005) (TV) [Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series]
- 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2001) (TV) [Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series/Winner: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series]
- A Date with Debra (2005) (V) [Herself] <1>
- A Walk in the Clouds (1995) [Betty Sutton] <8>
- Along Came Polly (2004) [Lisa Kramer] <4>
- Celebrity (1998) [TV Reporter at Lupus Office] <53>
- Garfield (2004) (voice) [Arlene] <39>
- Hollywood Ending (2002) [Lori] <8>
- Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief (2010) (TV) [Herself]
- Jesus (1999) (TV) [Mary Magdalene] <2>
- Live from the Red Carpet: The 2008 Emmy Awards (2008) (TV) [Herself]
- Live from the Red Carpet: The 2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008) (TV) [Herself]
- Lucky You (2007) [Suzanne Offer] <6>
- Marion's Triumph (2003) (V) [Narrator] <2>
- McHale's Navy (1997) [Lt. Penelope Carpenter] <3>
- NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002) (TV) [Herself]
- Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) [Sarah Rodriguez] <7>
- Open Season (2006) (voice) [Beth] <4>
- Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008) (TV) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- Purple Violets (2007) [Kate Scott] <4>
- The 31st Annual People's Choice Awards (2005) (TV) [Herself]
- The 35th Annual People's Choice Awards (2009) (TV) [Herself]
- The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2000) (TV) [Herself]
- The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2001) (TV)
- The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2002) (TV) [Herself] <24>
- The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2003) (TV) [Herself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series/Co-presenter]
- The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2005) (TV) [Herself - Presenter]
- The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006) (TV) [Herself]
- The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards (2007) (TV) [Herself]
- The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2005) (TV) [Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Television Series [Musical or Comedy]]
- The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2009) (TV) [Herself]
- The Mothman Prophecies (2002) [Mary Klein] <5>
- The Wedding Date (2005) [Kat Ellis] <1>
- The Women (2008/I) [Edie Cohen] <4>
- TV Guide Live at the Emmy Awards (2008) (TV) [Herself]
- Will & Grace: Backstage Pass (2005) (TV) [Grace Adler]
- Will & Grace: Say Goodnight Gracie (2006) (TV) [Grace Adler]
- Will & Grace: The Final Bow (Curtain Call) (2006) (V) [Herself]
- Will on Will & Grace (2003) (TV) (archive footage) [Grace Adler]
- Wright vs. Wrong (2010) (TV) [Evelyn Wright]
- "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (2003) {(2004-01-15)} [Herself]
- "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (2003) {(2004-11-04)} [Herself]
- "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (2003) {(2005-02-10)} [Herself]
- "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (2003) {(2005-09-07)} [Herself]
- "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (2003) {(2007-05-25)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2007-08-09)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2007-09-17)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-01-03)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-06-18)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-07-21)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-07-25)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-09-22)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-09-24)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-10-02)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-10-08)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-10-31)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-11-03)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-12-19)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-01-08)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-01-12)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-02-18)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-04-21)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-04-22)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-09-11)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-10-23)} [Herself]
- "Extra" (1994) {(2003-10-15)} [Herself]
- "Hollywood Squares" (1998) {(2002-04-30)} [Guest Appearance]
- "HypaSpace" (2002) {(#5.192)} [Herself]
- "Inside the Actors Studio" (1994) {(#10.2)} [Herself]
- "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (2003) {(#6.166)} [Herself - Guest] <2>
- "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (2003) {(2007-06-27)} [Herself]
- "King of the Hill" (1997) {Get Your Freak Off (#7.1)} (voice) [Mrs. Hilgren-Bronson]
- "Larry King Live" (1985) {A Hollywood Who's Who!} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(2007-06-06)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {Jeff Corwin/Debra Messing/John Hodgman (#16.47)} [Herself] <3>
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(#16.21)} [Herself - Guest] <2>
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(2005-02-01)} [Herself]
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(2006-05-16)} [Herself - Guest] <2>
- "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989) {(2005-02-01)} [Herself]
- "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989) {(2005-03-25)} [Herself]
- "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989) {(2008-10-08)} [Herself]
- "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989) {(2008-12-12)} [Herself] <3>
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {(#1.205)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {A Tender Trap (#1.16)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Accountus Interruptus (#1.13)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {All That Chazz (#2.20)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Best of Luck on Future Projects (#2.22)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Computer Dating (#2.4)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Cover Story (#1.4)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Dorsey vs. Dorsey (#2.2)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Fifteen A-Minutes (#2.8)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Friends and Lovers (#1.18)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Gut Feeling (#1.20)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Halloween Story (#1.8)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Here's to You, Mrs. Binder (#1.7)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {I Like Your Moxie (#2.18)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {It Happened One Night (#1.22)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Eric (#2.7)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Les Is More or Less Moral-less (#2.5)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Loganberry's Run (#2.6)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Model Husband (#1.5)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Ned and Stacey (#1.1)} [Stacey Colbert] <2>
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {New Year's Eve (#1.14)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {No Retreat, No Surrender (#2.16)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Pals (#1.21)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Paranoia on the 47th Floor (#1.15)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Please Don't Squeeze the Eric (#2.19)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Portrait of a Marriage (#1.2)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Prom Night (#2.9)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Promotional Rescue (#1.17)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Reality Check (#1.9)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Saul and Ellen and Ned and Stacey (#1.6)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Saved by the Belvedere (#2.10)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Scenes from a Muffin Shop (#2.13)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Sex, Lies, and Commercials (#2.12)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Skippy's Revenge (#2.21)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Sleepless in Manhattan (#1.11)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Take My Wife, Please (#1.3)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Thanksgiving Day Massacre (#1.10)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {The End? (#1.24)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {The Errand Girl (#2.15)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {The Gay Caballeros (#1.19)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {The Muffins Take Manhattan (#2.3)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {The Other End (#2.1)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {The Skyward's the Limit (#2.14)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {The Truth Shall Set You Back (#2.17)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Threesome (#1.12)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {Where My Third Nepal Is Sheriff (#2.11)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "Ned and Stacey" (1995) {You Bet Your Wife (#1.23)} [Stacey Colbert]
- "NYPD Blue" (1993) {A Murder with Teeth in It (#2.14)} [Dana Abandando] <15>
- "NYPD Blue" (1993) {Bombs Away (#2.15)} [Dana Abandando] <10>
- "NYPD Blue" (1993) {Double Abandando (#2.7)} [Dana Abandando] <13>
- "Partners" (1995) {City Hall (#1.9)} [Stacey]
- "Prey" (1998) {Collaboration (#1.9)} [Dr. Sloan Parker] <1>
- "Prey" (1998) {Deliverance: Part 1 (#1.13)} [Dr. Sloan Parker] <1>
- "Prey" (1998) {Discovery (#1.2)} [Dr. Sloan Parker] <1>
- "Prey" (1998) {Existence (#1.1)} [Dr. Sloan Parker] <1>
- "Prey" (1998) {Infiltration (#1.6)} [Dr. Sloan Parker] <1>
- "Prey" (1998) {Origins (#1.4)} [Dr. Sloan Parker] <1>
- "Prey" (1998) {Progeny (#1.12)} [Dr. Sloan Parker] <1>
- "Prey" (1998) {Pursuit (#1.3)} [Dr. Sloan Parker] <1>
- "Prey" (1998) {Revelations (#1.5)} [Dr. Sloan Parker] <1>
- "Prey" (1998) {Sleeper (#1.10)} [Dr. Sloan Parker] <1>
- "Prey" (1998) {Transformations (#1.7)} [Dr. Sloan Parker] <1>
- "Prey" (1998) {Veil (#1.8)} [Dr. Sloan Parker] <1>
- "Prey" (1998) {Vengeance (#1.11)} [Dr. Sloan Parker] <1>
- "Project Runway" (2005) {Finale: Part 2 (#2.14)} [Herself - Guest Judge]
- "Rachael Ray" (2006) {(#3.37)} [Herself]
- "Seinfeld" (1990) {The Wait Out (#7.21)} [Beth] <8>
- "Seinfeld" (1990) {The Yada Yada (#8.19)} [Beth] <7>
- "Sesame Street" (1969) {Wild Nature Survivor Guy (#40.4)} [Herself]
- "Shalom Sesame" (2010) [Herself (2010)]
- "The Isaac Mizrahi Show" (2001) {(2003-08-04)} [Herself]
- "The Megan Mullally Show" (2006) {(#1.7)} [Herself]
- "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986) {(2005-02-02)} [Herself]
- "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986) {(2006-05-10)} [Herself]
- "The Rachel Zoe Project" (2008) {Award Season, That's Bananas! (#1.2)} [Herself]
- "The Rachel Zoe Project" (2008) {Preview Special (#1.0)} (uncredited) [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(1999-03-29)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(2001-11-01)} [Herself]
- "The Starter Wife" (2007) {Hour 1 (#1.1)} [Molly Kagan] <1>
- "The Starter Wife" (2007) {Hour 3 (#1.3)} [Molly Kagan] <1>
- "The Starter Wife" (2007) {Hour 4 (#1.4)} [Molly Kagan] <1>
- "The Starter Wife" (2007) {Hour 5 (#1.5)} [Molly Kagan] <1>
- "The Starter Wife" (2007) {Hour 6 (#1.6)} [Molly Kagan] <1>
- "The Starter Wife" (2008) {Das Booty Call (#1.5)} [Molly Kagan] <1>
- "The Starter Wife" (2008) {Her Old Man & The Sea (#1.9)} [Molly Kagan] <1>
- "The Starter Wife" (2008) {Look Who's Stalking (#1.8)} [Molly Kagan] <1>
- "The Starter Wife" (2008) {Mollywood (#1.4)} [Molly Kagan] <1>
- "The Starter Wife" (2008) {The Diary of a Mad Ex-Housewife (#1.2)} [Molly Kagan] <1>
- "The Starter Wife" (2008) {The Ex-Files (#1.6)} [Molly Kagan] <1>
- "The Starter Wife" (2008) {The Forty-Year-Old Virgin Queen (#1.1)} [Molly Kagan] <1>
- "The Starter Wife" (2008) {The French Disconnection (#1.7)} [Molly Kagan] <1>
- "The Starter Wife" (2008) {The Remains of the Snow Day (#1.3)} [Molly Kagan] <1>
- "The Starter Wife" (2008) {Woman Over the Influence (#1.10)} [Molly Kagan] <1>
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2001-02-26)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2002-01-25)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2004-01-14)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2004-09-13)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2005-02-17)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2005-10-20)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2007-05-23)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2008-12-01)} [Herself] <2>
- "The View" (1997) {(2004-09-15)} [Herself]
- "The View" (1997) {(2005-02-04)} [Herself]
- "The View" (1997) {(2007-05-31)} [Herself]
- "Today" (1952) {(2004-09-16)} [Herself]
- "Today" (1952) {(2008-10-08)} [Herself]
- "Total Request Live" (1998) {(2005-01-31)} [Herself]
- "Up Close with Carrie Keagan" (2007) {(2008-12-11)} [Herself] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {...And the Horse He Rode in On (#5.1)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {23 (#5.23)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {24 (#5.24)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {A Buncha White Chicks Sittin' Around Talkin' (#4.24)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {A Chorus Lie (#4.15)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {A Gay/December Romance (#6.12)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {A Little Christmas Queer (#8.9)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {A New Lease on Life (#1.2)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {A-Story, Bee-Story (#6.5)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {A.I.: Artificial Insemination (#4.25)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Acting Out (#2.14)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Advise and Resent (#2.15)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Alice Doesn't Lisp Here Anymore (#3.20)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Alive and Schticking (#8.1)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {All About Christmas Eve (#5.11)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Alley Cats (#1.19)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {An Affair to Forget (#2.19)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {An Old-Fashioned Piano Party (#3.18)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Back Up, Dancer (#7.2)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Bacon and Eggs (#5.2)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Bathroom Humor (#8.11)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Bed, Bath and Beyond (#4.7)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Ben? Her? (#2.23)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Between a Rock and Harlin's Place (#1.4)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Big Brother Is Coming: Part 1 (#1.14)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Big Brother Is Coming: Part 2 (#1.15)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Birds of a Feather Boa (#8.7)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Blanket Apology (#8.19)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Board Games (#7.13)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Boardroom and a Parked Place (#5.6)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Boo! Humbug (#1.5)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Brothers, a Love Story (#3.13)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Bully Woolley (#7.15)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Buy, Buy Baby (#8.18)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Cheaters (#3.15)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Cheatin' Trouble Blues (#4.18)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Christmas Break (#7.12)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Coffee & Commitment (#3.10)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Company (#7.4)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Cop to It (#8.13)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Courting Disaster (#6.18)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Cowboys and Iranians (#8.17)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Crazy in Love (#3.12)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Crouching Father, Hidden Husband (#4.3)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Dames at Sea (#6.1)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Dance Cards & Greeting Cards (#7.16)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Das Boob (#2.3)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Dolls and Dolls (#5.21)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Dyeing Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard (#4.14)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {East Side Story (#6.17)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Election (#2.2)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Fagel Attraction (#4.22)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Fagmalion Part 1: Gay It Forward (#5.13)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Fagmalion Part 2: Attack of the Clones (#5.14)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Fagmalion Part 3: Bye Bye Beardy (#5.17)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Fagmalion Part 4: The Guy Who Loved Me (#5.18)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Fanilow (#6.10)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Fear and Clothing (#3.2)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Field of Queens (#5.12)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Flip-Flop: Part 1 (#6.15)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Flip-Flop: Part 2 (#6.16)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Forbidden Fruit (#8.12)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Fred Astaire and Ginger Chicken (#6.20)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Friends with Benefits (#7.23)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {From Queer to Eternity (#7.22)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {FYI: I Hurt, Too (#7.1)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Girl Trouble (#3.4)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Girls, Interrupted (#2.20)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Grace 0, Jack 2000 (#3.5)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Grace Expectations (#8.16)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Grace in the Hole (#4.13)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Grace, Replaced (#1.18)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner (#2.1)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Gypsies, Tramps and Weed (#3.7)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {He Shoots, They Snore (#4.20)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {He's Come Undone (#2.12)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Head Case (#1.3)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Heart Like a Wheelchair (#6.6)} (credit only) [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Hey La, Hey La, My Ex-Boyfriend's Back (#2.16)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Hocus Focus (#4.23)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Home Court Disadvantage (#6.3)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Homo for the Holidays (#2.7)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Homojo (#5.15)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Humongous Growth (#5.4)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Husbands and Trophy Wives (#3.3)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {I Do, Oh, No, You Di-in't: Part 1 (#6.23)} (credit only) [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {I Do, Oh, No, You Di-in't: Part 2 (#6.24)} (credit only) [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {I Love L. Gay (#8.14)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {I Never Cheered for My Father (#6.21)} (credit only) [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {I Never Promised You an Olive Garden (#2.9)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {I Second That Emotion (#8.2)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Ice Cream Balls (#6.13)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World (#7.21)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {It's the Gay Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (#5.5)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Jingle Balls (#4.11)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Key Party (#7.5)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Kiss and Tell (#7.24)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Last Ex to Brooklyn (#6.2)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Last of the Really Odd Lovers (#3.21)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Leo Unwrapped (#5.20)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Looking for Mr. Good Enough (#6.14)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Loose Lips Sink Relationships (#4.5)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Love Is in the Airplane (#8.6)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Love Plus One (#3.6)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Lows in the Mid-Eighties (#3.8)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Mad Dogs and Average Men (#3.16)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Marry Me a Little (#5.8)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Marry Me a Little More (#5.9)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {May Divorce Be with You (#5.22)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Me and Mr. Jones (#6.4)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Moveable Feast (#4.9)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {My Best Friend's Tush (#2.22)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {My Fair Maid-y (#1.12)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {My Uncle the Car (#3.14)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {New Will City (#3.1)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Nice in White Satin (#6.7)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {No Sex 'N' the City (#6.19)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Object of My Rejection (#1.22)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Oh Dad, Poor Dad, He's Kept Me in the Closet and I'm So Sad (#2.13)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {One Gay at a Time (#7.3)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Partners 'n' Crime (#8.21)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Partners (#7.14)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Past and Presents (#4.2)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Pilot (#1.1)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Poker? I Don't Even Like Her (#3.17)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Polk Defeats Truman (#2.5)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Prison Blues (#4.4)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Queens for a Day: Part 1 (#7.10)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Queens for a Day: Part 2 (#7.11)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Saving Grace (#1.20)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Saving Grace, Again: Part 1 (#7.8)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Saving Grace, Again: Part 2 (#7.9)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Secrets and Lays (#1.17)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Seeds of Discontent (#2.11)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Sex, Losers & Videotape (#5.19)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Someone Old, Someplace New (#4.16)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Something Borrowed, Someone's Due (#4.17)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Sons and Lovers (#3.22)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Sour Balls (#7.19)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Speechless (#6.22)} (credit only) [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Stakin' Care of Business (#4.10)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Star-Spangled Banter (#4.8)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Steams Like Old Times (#8.4)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Strangers with Candice (#6.9)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Sweet (and Sour) Charity (#2.18)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Swimming from Cambodia (#6.8)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Swimming Pools... Movie Stars (#3.11)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Swish Out of Water (#8.8)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Tea and a Total Lack of Sympathy (#2.10)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Terms of Employment (#2.8)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Accidental Tsuris (#6.11)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Big Vent (#1.10)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Birds and the Bees (#7.17)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Blonde Leading the Blind (#7.20)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Buying Game (#1.8)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Definition of Marriage (#8.15)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Fabulous Baker Boy (#7.18)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Finale (#8.23)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Hole Truth (#8.5)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Honeymoon's Over (#5.10)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Hospital Show (#2.17)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Kid Stays Out of the Picture (#5.3)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Mourning Son (#8.20)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Needle and the Omelet's Done (#5.7)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Newlydreads (#7.6)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Old Man and the Sea (#8.3)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Rules of Engagement (#4.6)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Third Wheel Gets the Grace (#4.1)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Truth About Will and Dogs (#1.9)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Unsinkable Mommy Adler (#1.13)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {The Young and the Tactless (#3.19)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {There But for the Grace of Grace (#2.21)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Three's a Crowd, Six Is a Freak Show (#3.9)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {To Serve and Disinfect (#2.6)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Von Trapped (#8.10)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Wedding Balls (#4.21)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Went to a Garden Potty (#4.19)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Whatever Happened to Baby Gin? (#8.22)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Where There's a Will, There's No Way (#1.7)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Whoa, Nelly! (#4.12)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Whose Mom Is It, Anyway? (#2.4)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Will & Grace & Vince & Nadine (#7.7)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Will on Ice (#1.11)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Will Works Out (#1.21)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {William, Tell (#1.6)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Women and Children First (#5.16)} [Grace Adler] <2>
- "Will & Grace" (1998) {Yours, Mine or Ours (#1.16)} [Grace Adler] <2>
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- 'Daniel Zelman' (qv) (3 September 2000 - present); 1 child
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- _"Will & Grace" (1998)_ (qv) -> $250,000/episode
- _"Will & Grace" (1998)_ (qv) -> about $600,000 per episode for 2005/ 2006 season.
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- "TV Guide" (USA), 6 October 2008, Vol. 56, Iss. 40, pg. 44, by: Damian Holbrook, "Messing Around"
- "Reader's Digest" (USA), September 2008, pg. 106-107, by: Jamie Diamond, "Pretty Funny"
- "Parade" (USA), 4 April 1999, pg. 22, by: James Brady, "In Step With Debra Messing"
- "Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 23 October 1998, Iss. 455, p. 24-25, by: Kristen Baldwin, "Grace Notes"
- "The Advocate" (USA), 15 September 1998, Iss. 768, pg. 32-34, by: Richard Natale, "Will Power"
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- "TV Guide" (USA), 28 May 2007, Vol. 55, Iss. 22, pg. 30-31, by: Margy Rochlin, "Wife Lessons"
- "Parade" (USA), 27 May 2007, pg. 18, by: James Brady, "In Step With: Debra Messing"
- "TV Guide" (USA), 18 April 2004, Vol. 52, Iss. 16, pg. 48, by: Hilary De Vries, "TV's Baby Boom"
- "TV Guide" (USA), 29 March 2003, Vol. 51, Iss. 12, pg. 20-23, by: Mary Murphy, "TV's Best Dressed Woman"
- "Marie Claire" (USA), December 2002, Vol. 9, Iss. 12, pg. 94-96, by: Debra Messing, "Debra Messing reveals herself"
- "Esquire" (USA), October 2000, Vol. 134, Iss. 4, pg. 170-171, by: Tom Carson, "Women We Love: Debra Messing"
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- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 2002, Vol. 14, Iss. 9, pg. 74-75, by: staff, "Titters: Debra Messing"
- "Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 5 October 2001, Vol. 1, Iss. 618, pg. 30-34, by: Robert Trachtenberg, "Photo Play"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 2001, Vol. 14, Iss. 1, pg. 42-43, by: staff, "Humor Us: Will & Grace"
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- "Shape" (USA), January 2009
- "Shape" (USA), December 2008
- "Town & Country" (USA), September 2008
- "Psychologies" (USA), November 2007
- "Redbook" (USA), June 2007
- "PDTV" (USA), 27 May 2007
- "DISH Entertainment Magazine" (USA), March 2007
- "In Style" (USA), May 2006
- "C Magazine" (USA), January 2006
- "In Style" (UK), July 2005
- "Glamour" (USA), June 2005
- "Life" (USA), April 2005
- "Marie Claire" (USA), March 2005
- "Gotham" (USA), February 2005
- "Allure" (USA), March 2004
- "Vanity Fair" (USA), December 2003
- "Harper's Bazaar" (USA), August 2003
- "In Style" (USA), July 2003
- "TV Guide" (USA), 29 March 2003, Vol. 51, Iss. 12
- "Marie Claire" (USA), March 2003
- "Vogue" (USA), February 2003
- "Marie Claire" (USA), December 2002, Vol. 9, Iss. 12
- "Allure" (USA), October 2002
- "In Style" (USA), March 2002
- "Glamour" (USA), January 2002
- "Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 5 October 2001, Vol. 1, Iss. 618
- "Marie Claire" (USA), September 2001
- "Cosmopolitan" (USA), February 2001
- "Glamour" (USA), November 2000
- "Esquire" (USA), November 2000
- "Us Weekly" (USA), 16 October 2000, Iss. 296
- "Marie Claire" (USA), June 2000, Vol. 7, Iss. 6
- "Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 23 October 1998, Iss. 455
- "The Advocate" (USA), 15 September 1998, Iss. 768
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- TV commercial for Clairol's Nice 'n Easy hair color (2000).
- TV commercial for Clairol Herbal Essence Shampoo (1994).
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- "He's the best human being I know, he makes me a better person every day. I'm never happier than when I'm with him." - Said about her husband Daniel in a Cosmopolitan interview: 2000.
- "I can't imagine it being more sweet. You just hope that you will get the opportunity to do what you love and pay your bills, and that is being a success as an actor. The accolades - this is otherworldly. I have never allowed myself the ability to dream this far." - On winning her first Emmy
- "I'm fascinated by diamonds. When I put diamonds on, my hands start to shake."
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- Graduated from Brandeis University (Waltham, Massachusetts, USA).
- Following undergraduate training, went on to earn Master's degree in Acting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
- (1998) Engaged to 'Daniel Zelman' (qv).
- Is severely allergic to flowers and perfumes.
- Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.
- Named TV Guide's "best dressed woman" in 2003
- Was Rhode Island's Junior Miss in 1986.
- Gave birth to a son, Roman Walker Zelman, in Los Angeles, weighing 5lbs 14oz. [April 7, 2004]
- Beat 'Nicollette Sheridan' (qv) for the role of "Grace Adler" on _"Will & Grace" (1998)_ (qv) at the final auditions.
- Although her son Roman is not deaf, she has taught him a few words in sign language to make communication easier for him until he's more able to talk.
- Appeared with her _"Will & Grace" (1998)_ (qv) co-star 'Shelley Morrison (I)' (qv) in an episode of _"Prey" (1998)_ (qv): "Revelations". While Messing was a steady member of the cast, Morrison only had a guest-starring role.
- Played the leading role as Sandy in her high school musical production of "Grease".
- Replaced 'Sherilyn Fenn' (qv) as the female lead in _"Prey" (1998)_ (qv).
- Loves gambling (blackjack).
- Would have been litigator if she wasn't an actress.
- She has Polish and Russian roots, her grandmother was from Krakow.
- MFA in Acting - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (1993).
- Sister-in-law of 'Aaron Zelman (II).
- Her father, Brian Messing, is a jewelry executive.
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