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Awards and Nominations
Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Won
Nominated
Emmy (Primetime)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Won
Nominated
Debra Messing. Jump to. 12 wins & 50 nominations. American Comedy Awards, USA. 2001 Nominee American Comedy Award. Funniest Female Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) Network, Cable or Syndication. Will & Grace. 2000 Nominee American Comedy Award. Funniest Female Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) Network, Cable or Syndication.
- August 15, 1968
Messing's most honored role is as Grace Adler on Will & Grace, which earned her seven Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Lead Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical; five Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, one of which she won in 2003; and seven Screen Actors Guild Award ...
Throughout her career she has been nominated for a total of six Emmy Awards, eight Golden Globe Awards and eight Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2003 she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance on Will & Grace.
Will & Grace became a ratings success, and Messing gained renown. In 2002, she was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by People Magazine. TV Guide picked her as its "Best Dressed Woman" in 2003. Messing met her husband, Daniel Zelman (an actor and screenwriter), on their first day as graduate students at NYU.
- January 1, 1
- 1.73 m
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Actress: Will & Grace. Debra Messing was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, the daughter of Jewish American parents, Sandra (née Simons), who has worked as a professional singer, banker, travel and real estate agent, and Brian Messing, a sales executive for a jewelry manufacturer.
2002 Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: nominated; 2002 Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy...