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| 3 | Debra Lynn Messing (born August 15, 1968 in New York City, New York) is an American actress who is best known for playing Grace Adler on Creator/{{NBC}}'s ''Series/WillAndGrace''. She also starred in the miniseries ''The Starter Wife'' and later ''Series/TheMysteriesOfLaura''. |
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| 5 | She is active in various progressive causes, notably reprising her role as Grace on the condition that Grace be a feminist. |
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| 7 | !!Selected Filmography: |
| 8 | * ''Series/NYPDBlue'' (1994-1995): Dana Abandando. |
| 9 | * ''Film/AWalkInTheClouds'' (1995): Betty Sutton. |
| 10 | * ''Series/NedAndStacey'' (1995-1997): Stacey Colbert. |
| 11 | * ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' (1996-1997): Beth Lookner. |
| 12 | * ''Series/{{Prey}}'' (1998): Dr. Sloan Parker. |
| 13 | * ''Series/WillAndGrace'' (1998-2006, 2017-2020): Grace Adler. |
| 14 | * ''[[Series/Jesus1999 Jesus]]'' (1999): Mary Magdalene. |
| 15 | * ''Film/TheMothmanProphecies'' (2002): Mary Klein. |
| 16 | * ''Film/HollywoodEnding'' (2002): Lori. |
| 17 | * ''Film/AlongCamePolly'' (2004): Lisa Kramer. |
| 18 | * ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason'' (2006): Ranger Beth (voice). |
| 19 | * ''The Starter Wife'' (2007-2008): Molly Kagan. |
| 20 | * ''Series/{{Smash}}'' (2012-2013): Julia Houston. |
| 21 | * ''Series/TheMysteriesOfLaura'' (2014-2016): Detective Laura Diamond. |
| 22 | * ''Film/DirtyDancing'' (2017): Marjorie Houseman. |
| 23 | * ''Film/{{Searching}}'' (2018): Detective Rosemary Vick. |
| 24 | * ''Film/{{Bros}}'' (2022): [[AsHimself As Herself]]. |
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| 26 | !!Tropes: |
| 27 | * BathingBeauty: The promos for ''Mysteries of Laura'' put a lot of emphasis on a scene in which she relaxes in a hot tub while wearing a green swimsuit with a plunging neckline. She's also posted some photos of herself in the bath to her Instagram account. |
| 28 | * IAmNotSpock: Invoked in her cameo in ''Film/{{Bros}}'' which sees her ranting about having "every gay man on Earth" tell her about his personal issues for 25 years because [[Series/WillAndGrace she played a gay man's best friend]], yet nobody remembers she beat Creator/SarahJessicaParker to an MediaNotes/EmmyAward thanks to that role. |
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