Debra Messing Net Worth,incomes,film,bio,career,personal life,husband,son

Debra Messing is an American actress, primarily known for her one of the eponymous lead in NBC’s Will & Grace, who has amassed an estimated net worth of $20 million. Messing is a graduate of the prestigious New York University’s School of Acting.

Income Sources of Debra Messing

Debra Messing has done extensive work over film, television, and stage in her long career. Messing reportedly gets $250,000 per episode for the revival of Will & Grace. For the televisions series The Mysteries of Laura, Messing was reportedly paid a $125,000 per episode.

Career and Achievements of Debra Messing

Debra Messing was selected as one of the fifteen students to get an acceptance from New York University’ Tisch School of the Arts’ acting program. Messing followed this with landing the role of Harper in the pre-Broadway workshop production of Tony Kushner’s iconic Angels in America: Perestroika, for which she received critical acclaim. Following her performance in the acclaimed play, Debra was cast in NYPP Blue as a recurring star between 1994 and 1995. This was followed by her film debut in Alfonso Arau’s A Walk in the Clouds.

Debra Messing was eventually cast in Fox network’s Ned & Stacy and appeared as the eponymous Stacy for two seasons of the show. Messing was starring in ABC’s prey when her agent sent her the script for Will & Grace. Impressed by the show’s unique premise, Messing gave up on her plans to take a break from acting. Messing was pitted against actress Nicollette Sheridan to get the role and was eventually cast as Grace Adler on the record juggernaut series. Messing won a Primetime Emmy Awards, among many other awards for her portrayal of Grace Adler.

After Will & Grace ended, Debra began focusing on her movie career and landed a minor role in a Woody Allen movie. She also appeared on Bravo’s Project Runway as a guest judge alongside Megan Mullaly, her co-star from Will & Grace. In 2014, Debra Messing made her Broadway debut in Outside Mullingar, a John Patrick Shanley play. The play opened to widespread acclaim and was nominated for a Tony for Best Play.

Debra Messing appeared in The Starter Wife, a TV miniseries that was critically lauded show that earned the talented actress her only non-Will & Grace Emmy nomination. The show was later adapted to be a fully-fledged TV series and Messing reprised her lead role. After TV reboots became popular in the American TV circuit, Will & Grace was revived by NBC with all of the co-stars reprising their original roles. The revival has been extremely popular among critics and fans alike.

Personal Life of Debra Messing

Debra Messing was married to actor and screenwriter David Zelman.

Debra Messing & Daniel Zelman

The couple got hitched on September 3, 2000, nearly a decades after their first meeting. They have a son together named Roman. In 2011, the couple separated and Messing started to date Will Chase shortly after. Messing would file for divorce in 2012 which was finalized on March 1, 2016. Will and Debra ended their relationship after almost two years of dating.

Debra Messing & Will Chase

Debra Messing: Engagement on Online World

Debra Messing is a popular celebrity who has more than 700 thousand followers on Instagram and over 500 thousand Twitter followers. Messing also maintains a Snapchat account.