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Debra Messing
Highest Rated: 93% The Dark Divide (2020)
Lowest Rated: 3% McHale's Navy (1997)
Birthday: Aug 15, 1968
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
A vivacious performer with a knack for verbal and physical comedy, actress 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, 1998-2006). 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 found time to make her mark in feature films like "Hollywood Ending" (2002), "Along Came Polly" (2004) and "The Wedding Date" (2005), while even voicing characters in animated films like "Garfield: The Movie" (2004) and "Open Season" (2006). She earned considerable acclaim as a spurned wife and mother on the popular summer miniseries, "The Starter Wife" (USA Network, 2007), which earned her more awards recognition. Though the series based on "The Starter Wife" failed to catch on with audiences in 2008, Messing returned to the fore with a leading role on the popular musical drama "Smash" (NBC, 2012-13). Regardless of the project, the red-haired beauty always delivered a quality performance that more often than not brought her both critical and commercial success.
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alto Knights | Bobbie Costello (Character) | - | 2025 |
58% |
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13: The Musical | Jessica (Character) | - | 2022 |
93% |
|
The Dark Divide | Thea Pyle (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stucco | Counselor (Character) | - | 2019 |
92% |
|
Searching | Detective Vick (Character) | $26.0M | 2018 |
19% |
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Dirty Dancing | Marjorie Houseman (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Albion: The Enchanted Stallion |
The Queen (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2017 |
50% |
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Like Sunday, Like Rain | Unknown (Character) | $27.1K | 2014 |
53% |
|
Nothing Like the Holidays | Sarah (Character) | $7.5M | 2008 |
13% |
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The Women | Edie Cohen (Character) | $26.9M | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Purple Violets | Kate Scott (Character) | - | 2007 |
28% |
|
Lucky You | Suzanne (Character) | $5.8M | 2007 |
49% |
|
Open Season | Beth (Voice) | - | 2006 |
11% |
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The Wedding Date | Kat Ellis (Character) | $31.6M | 2005 |
14% |
|
Garfield: The Movie | Arlene (Voice) | $75.4M | 2004 |
27% |
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Along Came Polly | Lisa Kramer (Character) | $87.9M | 2004 |
47% |
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Hollywood Ending | Lori (Character) | $4.8M | 2002 |
52% |
|
The Mothman Prophecies | Mary Klein (Character) | $35.2M | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Jesus | Mary Magdalene (Character) | - | 1999 |
3% |
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McHale's Navy | Lt. Penelope Carpenter (Character) | $4.4M | 1997 |
46% |
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A Walk in the Clouds | Betty Sutton (Character) | $48.0M | 1995 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2016 2018 2020 |
74% | 75% | Will & Grace | Grace Adler (Character) | 2017-2020 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2015 2017 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2018-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Project Runway All Stars |
Unknown (Guest Star), Guest |
2014 2016 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2008 2013-2014 2016-2018 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The $100,000 Pyramid | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Nightcap | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dirty Dancing | Marjorie Houseman (Character) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 6% | The View | Guest | 2014 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Match Game | Guest | 2016 |
24% | 78% | The Mysteries of Laura | Laura Diamond (Character) | 2014-2016 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Game Night | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jeopardy! | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Doctors | Guest | 2013 |
68% | 79% | Smash | Julia Houston (Character) | 2012-2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Funny or Die's Billy on the Street | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Project Runway | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Project Accessory | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Alicia Harding (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sesame Street | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Starter Wife |
Molly Kagan (Character), Executive Producer |
2008 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Conan O'Brien | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rachel Zoe Project | Self | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Starter Wife | Molly Kagan (Character) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Will & Grace | Grace Adler (Character) | 1998-2006 |
No Score Yet | 71% | King of the Hill | Mrs. Hilgren-Bronson (Guest Voice) | 2002 |
33% | No Score Yet | Prey | Dr. Sloan Parker (Character) | 1998 |
89% | 92% | Seinfeld | Beth (Guest Star) | 1996-1997 |
64% | No Score Yet | Ned and Stacey | Stacey Colbert (Character) | 1995-1997 |
38% | No Score Yet | Partners | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
83% | 93% | NYPD Blue | Dana Abandando (Guest Star) | 1994-1995 |