Debra Messing
Winner for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, Debra Messing poses backstage during the 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sept. 21, 2003. Before playing the lead on "Will & Grace," Messing appeared as Jerry Seinfeld's date in two episodes of the hit television show "Seinfeld": "The Wait Out" in 1996 and "The Yada Yada" in 1997.
Author: CBS News Staff
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