Ginger of the Week

Funny lady Debra Messing was born in Brooklyn to Sandra and Brian Messing. When she was three, she moved with her family to Rhode Island. She majored in theater arts at Brandeis University and got her master's in fine arts from NYU's prestigious Tisch School of the Arts. She made her television debut on an episode of "NYPD Blue" in the early 90s and then made her big screen debut in 1995's "A Walk in the Clouds". She got her big break in 1995 when she was cast as 'Stacey' in Fox's sitcom, "Ned and Stacey" (which costarred Thomas Haden Church). The show stayed on the air for two seasons, before being cancelled due to poor ratings. Messing didn't skip a beat because in 1998 (just one year later), she got the role of a lifetime when she was offered the part of 'Grace' in the sitcom "Will & Grace". She has since won a SAG award and an Emmy for her hilarious turn as goofy Grace Adler (the show lasted eight seasons). Messing has since appeared in the films "Along Came Polly", "The Wedding Date", "The Mothman Prophecies", and "The Women". She most recently starred in the television mini-series, "The Starter Wife". It was so popular, the network turned it into a show and ordered a whole season.