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Debra Messing

1968 - Today

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Debra Lynn Messing (born August 15, 1968) is an American actress. After graduating from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Messing starred in the shortlived television series, Ned and Stacey on Fox (1995–1997), and Prey on ABC (1998). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Debra Messing has received more than 8,600,177 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Debra Messing is the 3,920th most popular actor (up from 3,955th in 2019), the 5,836th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,010th in 2019) and the 1,766th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Debra Messings by language

Over the past year Debra Messing has had the most page views in the with 909,024 views, followed by Spanish (64,064), and Italian (57,005). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hebrew (282.82%), Uzbek (258.94%), and Simple English (155.21%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Debra Messing ranks 3,920 out of 13,578. Before her are Anton Lesser, Ellen Schwiers, Ruby Dee, Ben Barnes, Andy Griffith, and Kim Coates. After her are Ayako Wakao, Rory McCann, Osvaldo Ríos, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Rosenda Monteros, and Alexandra Rapaport.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Debra Messing ranks 151. Before her are Aleksandr Mostovoi, Shaggy, Frédéric Vasseur, Jordi Mollà, Akhtar Mansour, and Boban Babunski. After her are Brian Steen Nielsen, Chad Stahelski, Michael Stuhlbarg, Irina Privalova, Mari Kiviniemi, and Oliver Masucci.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Debra Messing ranks 5,836 out of 20,380. Before her are Barbara Harris (1935), Walter Lang (1896), Ruby Dee (1922), Joe Henderson (1937), Andy Griffith (1926), and Steven Zaillian (1953). After her are Peter H. Gilmore (1958), John Abercrombie (1944), Taylor Hawkins (1972), William Wharton (1925), Jonathan Pollard (1954), and Jason Scott Lee (1966).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Debra Messing ranks 1,766. Before her are Hilary Duff (1987), Colleen Moore (1899), Kevin Conroy (1955), Barbara Harris (1935), Ruby Dee (1922), and Andy Griffith (1926). After her are Jason Scott Lee (1966), Ellen Corby (1911), Joe Manganiello (1976), Martin Ferrero (1947), Khandi Alexander (1957), and Louise Dresser (1878).

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Television and Movie Roles

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The Wedding Date
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Along Came Polly
Lisa Kramer
Reuben Feffer is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince is irresistible as a free-spirit who lives for the thrill of the moment. When these two comically mismatched souls collide, Reuben's world is turned upside down, as he makes an uproarious attempt to change his life from middle-of-the-road to totally-out-there.
Jan 16o 20045.995 / 10