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Debra Messing

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2024). Debra Messing is the 4,080th most popular actor (down from 3,920th in 2024), the 6,556th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,835th in 2019) and the 1,891st most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Debra Messing ranks 4,080 out of 13,578. Before her are Philip Jackson, Tyrese Gibson, Elizabeth Allen, Debbie Allen, Željko Ivanek, and Yuri Lowenthal. After her are Henry Gibson, Jude Ciccolella, Julie Dreyfus, Joel Kinnaman, Colm Feore, and Aliki Vougiouklaki.

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Among people born in 1968, Debra Messing ranks 172. Before her are Phil Anselmo, Brian Steen Nielsen, Tony Hawk, Marcus Schenkenberg, Emily Procter, and Cristian Mungiu. After her are Rasmus Lerdorf, Kristin Chenoweth, Hassan Ali Khayre, Florence Devouard, Dorinel Munteanu, and Chayanne.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Debra Messing ranks 6,557 out of 20,380. Before her are Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816), Julian Castro (1974), Debbie Allen (1950), Art Langley (1896), Winfield Scott Hancock (1824), and Yuri Lowenthal (1971). After her are Henry Gibson (1935), Rodney Dangerfield (1921), Jude Ciccolella (1947), Charles Kittel (1916), Helen Levitt (1913), and Jesse James (1969).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Debra Messing ranks 1,891. Before her are Emily Procter (1968), Ronee Blakley (1945), Tyrese Gibson (1978), Elizabeth Allen (1929), Debbie Allen (1950), and Yuri Lowenthal (1971). After her are Henry Gibson (1935), Jude Ciccolella (1947), Colm Feore (1958), Peter Riegert (1947), Frank Gorshin (1933), and Barry Van Dyke (1951).

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