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Biography of Debra Messing
"I think Debra Messing is almost our modern day Audrey Hepburn. There's always something magical about the way she looks," Merle Ginsberg, the entertainment editor of Women's Wear Daily, told an interviewer for Entertainment Tonight (December 21, 2001, on-line). A classically trained stage, television, and film actress, Messing is best known for her portrayal of the interior designer Grace Adler on NBC's award-winning sitcom Will & Grace, which debuted in 1998 and completed eight successful seasons. In one of her most prominent movie roles to date, Messing played opposite Woody Allen in Hollywood Ending (2002). "Smart, well-spoken, down-to-earth. She comes to work without makeup. She orders McDonald's more than she should. She listens. She is the least flaky actress I know," Eric McCormack, Messing's co-star on Will & Grace, has said, as quoted on the Web site askmen.com. Woody Allen described Messing to Jeannie Williams for USA Today (April 3, 2002, on-line) as a "natural comic talent... beautiful, very, very gifted. She lights up
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Broadway BUZZ
Debra Messing is best known for her role on NBC’s Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated comedy series Will & Grace. In the Fall of 2017, Messing reprised her role as Grace Adler after 11 years on NBC’s revival of Will & Grace alongside the entire original creative team, and currently in its second season. The first reprised season of Will & Grace premiered on Thursday, September 28, 2017 to more than 10 million viewers, prompting an early Season 2 and Season 3 pickup. Recently, Messing has been nominated for a 2019 Golden Globe Award in the category of “Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series – Musical or Comedy,” as well as a 2019 Critics’ Choice Award in the category of “Best Actress in a Comedy Series” on behalf of her role. Messing has won an Emmy Award and received an additional 4 Emmy nominations, as well as a collective total of 7 Golden Globe Award nominations for her role as Grace Adler.
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Debra Messing
Debra Lynn Messing (born August 15, 1968) is an American actress. She has been nominated eight times for Golden Globe Awards. Her work includes acting as Grace Adler in the NBC television series Will & Grace, and Molly Kagan in the USA television series The Starter Wife.
Early life
[change | change source]Messing was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.[1] She is the daughter of Sandra (née Simons), who has worked as a professional singer, banker, travel agent and real estate agent, and Brian Messing, a sales executive for a costume jewelry packaging manufacturer.[2] The Messing family is Jewish, and descends from Russia and Poland.[3][4][5] When Messing was three, she moved with her parents and her older brother, Brett, to East Greenwich, a small town outside Providence, Rhode Island.[6]
During her high school years, Messing acted and sang in a number of high school productions. For example, she was a main character in the musicals Annie and Fiddler on the Roof. Messing took
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