1. Grace Adler is a Jewish interior designer living in New York City, who lives with her gay best friend, Will Truman, for a majority of the series.
19 Facts About Grace Adler
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Grace Adler is the employer of Karen Walker and a friend and neighbor of Jack McFarland.
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Grace Adler was particularly influenced by her mother, Bobbi, a flamboyant actress from whom she inherited her many neuroses.
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Grace Adler constantly strives for the affection of her father Martin, competing with her two sisters, who have more obvious problems than she.
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Grace Adler is a Democrat and a graduate of Columbia University and the Fashion Institute.
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Grace Adler has very large feet, even for her height, and she's often ridiculed for them.
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Grace Adler is very cheap and often hoards free things and even steals.
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Grace Adler decides to raise the child with Will, who is having a child via surrogate.
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When he finally came out to her hours later, Grace Adler was so angry with him that she didn't speak to him for a year.
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Grace Adler's closeness to Will is a running joke throughout the series; many other characters refer to them as a married couple.
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Grace Adler has a close relationship with her assistant, Karen Walker, a rich, alcoholic socialite who does virtually no work.
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Grace Adler eventually learns to look past Karen's faults, and Karen occasionally does stop ridiculing her to reveal a softer, more caring side.
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In one episode, Grace Adler stands up to Milo after he refuses to go on a second date with Karen, who is feeling vulnerable because she is going through a divorce.
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Grace Adler has a close bond with Will's other best friend, Jack McFarland.
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Grace Adler has a string of boyfriends throughout the series, many played by guest stars such as Woody Harrelson and Gregory Hines.
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Laila and Ben are living in dorm rooms opposite each other's while at college; the same scenario that Will and Grace Adler found themselves in while they attended college.
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When Leo reappears sometime later, it is revealed that the marriage ended because Grace Adler did not trust Leo not to cheat on her again, and because she was closer to Will than to her own husband.
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In season 10, Grace Adler enters a serious relationship with Noah Boarder, after several tense meetings where he tries to sabotage her campaign for interior design president.
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When Marcus reappears in the next episode, Grace Adler tells him that she is pregnant with his child, only for Marcus to tell her that he had a vasectomy.