1. From 2007 to 2008, Debra 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.
Debra Messing has lent her voice to animated films such as Garfield and Open Season.
Debra Messing was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Sandra Ellen, who worked as a professional singer, banker, and travel and real estate agent, and Brian Debra Messing, a sales executive for a costume jewelry packaging manufacturer.
When Debra Messing was three, she moved with her parents and her older brother, Brett, to East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
Debra Messing earned a Master of Fine Arts after three years.
In 1993, Debra Messing won acclaim for her performance as Harper in the pre-Broadway workshop production of Tony Kushner's play Angels in America: Perestroika.
In 1995, Debra Messing made her film debut in Alfonso Arau's A Walk in the Clouds playing the unfaithful wife of main character Paul Sutton.
Debra Messing appeared as Jerry Seinfeld's romantic interest in two episodes of the series Seinfeld: "The Wait Out" in 1996 and "The Yada Yada" in 1997.
Debra Messing turned down a starring role in another television sitcom to appear in Donald Margulies's two-character play Collected Stories, which opened at the off-Broadway Manhattan Theatre Club.
Debra Messing co-starred in the Tom Arnold vehicle McHale's Navy in 1997.
In 1998, Debra Messing played a lead role as the bioanthropologist Sloan Parker on ABC's dramatic science-fiction television series Prey.
Debra Messing was inclined to take some time off, but the script intrigued her, and she auditioned for the role of Grace Adler, beating Nicollette Sheridan, who later guest-starred on the show as Grace's romantic rival.
The Wedding Date was Debra Messing's first leading role in a high-profile film.
Debra Messing was featured as a judge on the season finale of the second season of Bravo's reality show Project Runway.
Debra Messing starred in the television miniseries The Starter Wife, which was nominated for ten Emmy Awards, including one for Messing for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.
In 2008, Debra Messing reprised her role as Molly Kagan in the television series The Starter Wife, consisting of 10 episodes.
Debra Messing appeared with Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong and Leighton Meester in Frank Whaley's drama film Like Sunday, Like Rain in 2014.
Debra Messing made her Broadway debut in John Patrick Shanley's play Outside Mullingar alongside Tony Award winner Brian F O'Byrne, which began previews at the Samuel J Friedman Theatre on January 3,2014.
Debra Messing starred in The Mysteries of Laura, a police procedural television show that premiered in September 2014.
Debra Messing portrayed Marjorie Houseman in the television remake of the film Dirty Dancing.
Debra Messing met Daniel Zelman, an actor and screenwriter, on their first day as graduate students at New York University in 1990.
Debra Messing filed for divorce on June 5,2012, and the divorce became official on March 1,2016.
Debra Messing dated her Smash co-star Will Chase from the end of 2011 to October 2014.
In 2004, Debra Messing started working on campaigns by knocking on doors and making phone calls.