# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/debra-messing
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:07:40.196Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/debra-messing"
name: "Debra Messing"
slug: "debra-messing"
description: "Debra Lynn Messing is an American actress. After graduating from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Messing starred in the television series Ned and Stacey on Fox (1995–1997) and Prey on ABC (1998). She achieved her breakthrough role as Grace Adler, an interior designer, on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, for which she received seven Golden Globe Award nominations and five Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, winning once, in 2003."
tagline: "American actress (born 1968)"
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gender: "female"
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category:
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birthDate: "1968-08-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump