Debra Messing
Born: August 1968
Where: New York, USA
Equally at home with drama or comedy, Messing is best known as Grace, the flatmate of gay lawyer Will Truman in the hit series Will and Grace.
Her first prominent part was in NYPD Blue before she won her own series, the Fox sitcom Ned and Stacey.
Messing made her feature film debut in 1995 playing Keanu Reeves' skittish war bride in A Walk in the Clouds.
She later landed the female lead in the ill-fated big screen adaptation of McHale's Navy.
Her breakthrough role came as interior designer Grace Adler in the hit American TV sitcom Will & Grace.
She also found time to play big screen supporting roles in the Woody Allen comedy Happy Endings and the thriller The Mothman Prophecies.
She was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.
Recent work includes the Anglo-American rom-com The Wedding Date with Dermot Mulroney.
