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Date of birth: 15 August 1968,
Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
As interior decorator Grace Adler, Debra Messing
understands the unique bond of friendship that exists between her character
and the character of Will Truman: "Grace is very dedicated and disciplined
when it comes to her professional life," says Messing. "But
her personal life isn’t nearly so together, and Will is her stabilizing
force. She’s a little neurotic, and she knows Will is the only person
who understands her and can help her put things in perspective. But Grace
is also a lot of fun, and her humor helps balance Will’s more serious
personality. They’re the kind of best friends who know each other’s
history and can finish each other’s sentences."
Messing recently completed a co-starring role in Woody Allen’s Celebrity,
having been handpicked by the director for the part. In the film, Messing
portrays a rabid news journalist. Her other feature-film credits include
Alfonso Arau’s romantic love story A Walk in the Clouds in which
she played the wife of Keanu Reeves. She also appeared opposite Tom Arnold
and Tim Curry in McHale’s Navy.
Born in Brooklyn, Messing and her older brother were raised in a quiet community outside Providence, Rhode Island. Messing received her liberal arts education at Brandeis University where she majored in theater arts. She spent half of her junior year studying in London’s prestigious B.E.S.G.L. program, which featured dramatic arts teachers recruited from various distinguished institutions such as the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Cambridge University and Oxford University. Upon graduating summa cum laude from Brandeis, she was accepted into New York University’s elite Graduate Acting Program and received her M.F.A. three years later.
On the New York stage, Messing garnered much praise for her performance in the pre-Broadway workshop of Tony Kushner’s Tony Award-winning play Angels in America: Perestroika. She appeared as Cecily in a Seattle production of The Importance of Being Earnest. Upon returning to New York, she was cast as both Mary Louise Parker’s and Polly Draper’s understudy in the off-Broadway premiere of John Patrick Shanley’s Four Dogs and a Bone. She also co-starred in Paul Rudnick’s The Naked Truth and co-starred with Maria Tucci in the acclaimed two-woman production of Donald Margulies’ Collected Stories, which was chosen as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
On television, Messing starred for two seasons as Stacey in the comedy Ned & Stacey opposite Thomas Haden Church. She had a recurring role on NYPD Blue as Gail O’Grady’s conniving sister, Dana Abandando, and on NBC’s Seinfeld as Jerry’s ideal but elusive love, Beth Lookner. She also starred as the young bioanthropologist Sloan Parker in the recent drama series Prey.
During her free time, she supports charities such
as the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, AmFAR and Best Friend’s Pet
Sanctuary.
NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002) (TV) .... Herself
Hollywood Ending (2002) .... Lori
Mothman Prophecies, The (2002) .... Mary Klein
Jesus (1999) (TV) .... Mary Magdalene
... aka Bibel - Jesus, Die (1999) (TV) (Germany)
"Will & Grace" (1998) TV Series .... Grace Elizabeth Adler
Celebrity (1998) .... Cameraman at Lupus Office
"Prey" (1998) TV Series .... Dr. Sloan Parker
Prey (1997) .... Dr. Sloan Parker
McHale's Navy (1997) .... Lt. Penelope Carpenter
"Ned and Stacey" (1995) TV Series .... Stacey Colbert Dorsey
Walk in the Clouds, A (1995) .... Betty Sutton
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