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Date of Birth: August 15, 1968 Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA Eye Color: Emerald Height: 5 ' 8 " Family: Father: Brian Mother: Sandy Brother: Brett
Debra Messing was born in Brooklyn, New York. She received her arts education at Brandeis University. She spent half of her junior years in London's prestigious B.E.S.G.L. program. When she graduated from Brandeis, Debra Messing was accepted into New York University's Elite Graduate Acting Program and received her Masters of fine arts degree three years later.
Her was noticed when she received praise for her performance in the pre-Broadway workshop of Tony Kushner's award-winning play called Angels in America: Perestroika. She has played the role of Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest as well as appearing in Four Dogs and a Bone, The Naked Truth and Collected Stories which was chosen as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. After that she moved on to television, where she starred for two seasons as Stacey in the comedy Ned & Stacey. Debra Messing played Dana - Gail O'Grady's conniving sister in the rotating role on NYPD Blue. She also starred as Sloan Parker a young bioanthropologist in the drama series Prey. Debra also got the privaleg to play in Seinfeld as the obscure girl Beth Lookner. Debra Messing was hand picked by the director to co-star in Woody Allen's Celebrity. Debra Messing played the wife of Keanu Reeves in the love story A Walk in the Clouds.
She can be seen as the interior decorator Grace Adler in NBC's popular sitcom Will & Grace, where she co-stars opposite Eric McCormack. |