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Messing, Debra Lynn (Messing, Debra)

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Born: 1968 AD
Currently alive, at 43 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Actresses

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1968 – Debra was born on the 15th of August in New York City borough of Brooklyn. American actress and television personality.

1986 - Was Rhode Island's Junior Miss.

1990 - After graduating summa cum laude from Brandeis with a bachelor's degree in theater arts, Messing gained admission to the elite Graduate Acting Program at New York University, where she earned a master's degree in fine arts after three years.

1993 - Messing won praise for her acting in the pre-Broadway workshop production of Tony Kushner's much-lauded play "Angels in America: Perestroika".

1994 - She appeared in several episodes of the award-winning television series "NYPD Blue".

1995 – Made her film debut with a supporting role in "A Walk in the Clouds", a love story directed by Alfonso Arau.

         - The exposure led the Fox network to make her the co-star of the television sitcom, "Ned and Stacey" which lasted for two seasons.

1997 – She turned down a starring role in another television sitcom to appear in Donald Margulies's two-character play "Collected Stories", which opened at the Off-Broadway Manhattan Theater Club.

1998 – Had a lead role as the bio-anthropologist "Sloan Parker" on ABC's dramatic science fiction television series "Prey".

2000 - Married to Daniel Zelman on September 3rd.

2002 - Named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by People Magazine.

2003 - TV Guide picked her as its "Best Dressed Woman".

2004 – Made a supporting role in "Along Came Polly".

2005 – “The Wedding Date” was her first leading role in a high-profile film which received mixed reviews but performed fairly well at the box office.

2007 – Scheduled to appear in a new TV mini-series called The Starter Wife.

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