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Biography

Debra was born in Brooklyn in the United States. She attended Brandeis University where she majored in theater arts. She spent half of her…more

Born

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Birth Name

Debra Lynn Moessing

Gender

Female

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Star (6)

Role
- Smash
  Julia Houston
  - S 1: Ep 15 Bombshell
    5/14/12
  - S 1: Ep 13 Tech
    4/30/12
  - S 1: Ep 12 Publicity
    4/23/12
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Movie Star
    4/16/12
  - S 1: Ep 10 Understudy
    4/9/12
  - + 9 More Credits
- The Starter Wife
  Molly Kagan
  - S 2: Ep 10 Woman Over the Influence
    12/12/08
  - S 2: Ep 9 Her Old Man & the Sea
    12/5/08
  - S 2: Ep 8 Look Who's Stalking
    11/21/08
  - S 2: Ep 7 The French Disconnection
    11/14/08
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Ex-Files
    11/7/08
  - + 5 More Credits
- The Starter Wife
  Molly Kagan
  - S 1: Ep 6 Hour 6
    6/28/07
  - S 1: Ep 5 Hour 5
    6/21/07
  - S 1: Ep 4 Hour 4
    6/14/07
  - S 1: Ep 3 Hour 3
    6/7/07
  - S 1: Ep 2 Hour 2
    5/31/07
- Will & Grace
  Grace Adler
  - S 8: Ep 23 The Finale
    5/18/06
  - S 8: Ep 22 Whatever Happened to Baby Gin?
    5/11/06
  - S 8: Ep 21 Partners 'n' Crime
    5/4/06
  - S 8: Ep 20 The Mourning Son
    4/27/06
  - S 8: Ep 19 Blanket Apology
    4/6/06
  - + 179 More Credits
- Prey
  Dr. Sloan Parker
  - S 1: Ep 13 Deliverance (1)
    7/9/98
  - S 1: Ep 12 Progeny
    7/2/98
  - S 1: Ep 11 Vengeance
    6/25/98
  - S 1: Ep 10 Sleeper
    6/18/98
  - S 1: Ep 9 Collaboration
    6/11/98
  - + 8 More Credits
- Ned and Stacey
  Stacey Colbert Dorsey
  - S 2: Ep 11 Where My Third Nepal is Sheriff
    1/27/97
  - S 2: Ep 10 Saved by the Belvedere
    1/20/97
  - S 2: Ep 9 Prom Night
    1/13/97
  - S 2: Ep 8 Fifteen A-Minutes
    1/6/97
  - S 2: Ep 7 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Eric
    1/5/97
  - + 41 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 16: Ep 21 Show #2996
    10/7/08
  - S 13: Ep 143 Show #2556
    5/16/06
  - S 12: Ep 90 Show #2309
    2/1/05
  - S 10: Ep 25 Show #1888
    10/14/02
  - S 9: Ep 141 Show #1796
    4/30/02
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 13: Ep 157 Show #2878
    2/17/05
  - S 13: Ep 55 Show #2776
    9/13/04
  - S 12: Ep 133 Show #2629
    1/14/04
  - S 10: Ep 138 Show #2204
    1/25/02
  - S 9: Ep 50 Show #2008
    2/26/01
Guest Star (28)

Role
- The Today Show
  Herself
  - S 61: Ep 0206 February 6, 2012
    2/6/12
  - S 57: Ep 203 October 8, 2008
    10/8/08
  - S 53: Ep 186 September 16, 2004
    9/16/04
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 24: Ep 102 February 6, 2012
    2/6/12
  - S 21: Ep 73 December 12, 2008
    12/12/08
  - S 21: Ep 28 October 8, 2008
    10/8/08
  - S 18: Ep 171 May 18, 2006
    5/18/06
  - S 17: Ep 95 February 1, 2005
    2/1/05
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Alicia Harding
  - S 12: Ep 17 Pursuit
    2/16/11
- The Rachel Zoe Project
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Award Season, That's Bananas!
    9/16/08
  - S 1: Ep 1 Series Preview
    8/4/08
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Herself
  - S 14: Ep 2427 Debra Messing, Marc Maron, Nelly Furtado
    6/6/07
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 168 Lin Charlie/Chris Daughtry/Charlie Liu/Debra Messing
    5/25/07
  - S 3: Ep 3 Debra Messing/Hilary Duff
    9/7/05
  - S 2: Ep 104 Debra Messing/Rod Stewart/Jeffrey Tambor
    2/10/05
  - S 2: Ep 44 Will & Grace Cast
    11/4/04
  - S 1: Ep 82 Debra Messing/Burt Bacharach/Ronald Isley
    1/15/04
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 221 Arnold Schwarzenegger; Debra Messing; Fiction Plane
    5/23/07
- The Megan Mullally Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 49 Debra Messing, Omar Epps, "Lucky" magazine makeovers (re-air)
    12/26/06
  - S 1: Ep 7 Debra Messing; Omar Epps; Lucky magazine's fall fashion.
    9/26/06
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself
  - S 58: Ep 1 The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/27/06
  - S 54: Ep 1 The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/22/02
  - S 53: Ep 1 The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    11/4/01
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
  Herself
  - S 22: Ep 122 Vince Vaughn on The Break Up!
    5/10/06
- Project Runway
  As Herself
  - S 2: Ep 14 Finale (2)
    3/8/06
- Project Runway
  Guest Judge
  - S 2: Ep 13 Finale (1)
    3/1/06
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 57: Ep 1 The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/18/05
  - S 55: Ep 1 The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/21/03
  - S 52: Ep 1 The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/10/00
  - S 51: Ep 1 The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/12/99
- Showdog Moms & Dads
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 5 105
    4/27/05
- The View
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 109 Messing/Mulroney
    2/4/05
  - S 8: Ep 13 Messing/Mullally
    9/15/04
- Coming Attractions
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 4 The Longest Yard; Cursed; The Interpreter; The Wedding Date
    1/28/05
- People's Choice Awards
  Herself
  - S 31: Ep 1 The 31st Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/9/05
- Garfield & Friends
  Arlene
  - S 7: Ep 46 Garfield
    6/11/04
- On Air With Ryan Seacrest
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 1: Ep 32 2/23/04
    2/23/04
  - S 1: Ep 2 1/13/04
    1/13/04
- Inside the Actors Studio
  Herself
  - S 10: Ep 2 The Cast of Will & Grace
    11/16/03
- Style Star
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 11 Debra Messing
    7/27/03
- King of The Hill
  Mrs. Hilgren-Bronson
  - S 7: Ep 1 Get Your Freak Off
    11/3/02
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 33 Show #1035
    11/1/01
  - S 3: Ep 129 Show #560
    3/29/99
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 56 Debra Messing, Alessandro Nivola, and George Thorogood
    9/24/99
  - S 1: Ep 46 Debra Messing, Suzanne Somers, and The Dixie Chicks
    6/1/99
  - S 1: Ep 28 Suzanne Somers, Debra Messing, and The Dixie Chicks
    5/6/99
- Seinfeld
  Beth
  - S 8: Ep 19 The Yada Yada
    4/24/97
  - S 7: Ep 23 The Wait Out
    5/9/96
- Partners
  Stacey
  - S 1: Ep 9 City Hall
    11/13/95
- NYPD Blue
  Dana Abandando
  - S 2: Ep 15 Bombs Away
    2/28/95
  - S 2: Ep 14 A Murder With Teeth in It
    2/21/95
  - S 2: Ep 7 Double Abandando
    11/29/94
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
Executive Producer (1)

Role
- The Starter Wife
  Executive Producer
  - S 2: Ep 10 Woman Over the Influence
    12/12/08
  - S 2: Ep 9 Her Old Man & the Sea
    12/5/08
  - S 2: Ep 8 Look Who's Stalking
    11/21/08
  - S 2: Ep 7 The French Disconnection
    11/14/08
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Ex-Files
    11/7/08
  - + 4 More Credits

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- Debra was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical from 2000-2005 for her series Will and Grace.
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- Debra was nominated for a 2008 SAG Award for 'Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries' for her project The Starter Wife. She was nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series from 2001-2005 for Will and Grace. She won in 2001. She was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series in 2001 and 2004, also for Will and Grace.
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- On December 13, 2007, Debra was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the "Actress In A Leading Role - Mini-Series Or Television Movie" category for her performance in The Starter Wife.
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- Debra: (asked to reveal her favourite "Will And Grace" episode) Lows In The Mid Eighties, which was the flashback episode to when Will tells Grace he's gay. I really loved the excuse for us to see their history before he came out. We all wore ridiculous wigs and he wore braces. It was fun to play and also really moving.
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- Debra: (on saying goodbye to Will And Grace) We've been together for eight years, and it always hung over us, wondering how long the show would go on, so I think we're all grateful and thrilled it's been this long. But we've also had plenty of time to think about the inevitable and we knew it would end eventually. Having said that, don't think we haven't all been crying the whole time!
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- Debra: (on winning her first Emmy) 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.
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