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( August 2011 ) Grace Adler Will & Grace character First appearance `` Pilot '' ( episode 1.01 ) Created by David Kohan Max Mutchnick Portrayed by Debra Messing Information Full name Grace Elizabeth Adler ( birth name ) Grace Elizabeth Adler - Markus ( former married name ) Nickname ( s ) Gracie, G, Gracious Gender Female Occupation Interior designer Family Martin Adler ( father ) Bobbi Adler ( mother, deceased ) Janet Adler ( sister ) Joyce Adler ( sister ) Spouse ( s ) James Hanson ( husband ; annulled ) Dr. Marvin `` Leo '' Markus ( husband ; 1st time ( divorced ) ) ( husband ; 2nd time ( divorced ) ) Children Laila Markus ( daughter, with Leo, in the flash - forward ; removed from the revival ) Relatives Dr. Jay Markus ( former father - in - law ) Eleanor Markus ( former mother - in - law ) Religion Judaism Grace Elizabeth Adler ( formerly Adler - Markus ) is a fictional character in the American sitcom Will & Grace, portrayed by Debra Messing. A Jewish interior designer living in New York City, she lives with her gay best friend, Will Truman ( played by Eric McCormack ), for a majority of the series. She is also the employer of Karen Walker ( Megan Mullally ) and the friend and neighbor of Jack McFarland ( Sean Hayes ). Contents 1 Character overview 2 Relationships 2.1 Romantic relationships 3 See also 4 References Character overview Grace was born on April 26, 1967, in Schenectady, New York. She has been particularly influenced by her mother, Bobbi ( Debbie Reynolds ), a flamboyant actor from whom she inherited her many neuroses. Grace also constantly strives for the affection of her father Martin ( Alan Arkin ), competing with her two sisters ( one younger, one older ), who have more obvious problems than she ( Joyce, played by Sara Rue, is a mentally slow compulsive overeater, while Janet, portrayed by Geena Davis, is rarely employed and promiscuous ). Grace herself is decidedly selfish and neurotic, but this is usually played for laughs, like when her husband Leo asks, `` You want me to be happy, right ? '' and she sweetly replies `` Not if it affects me negatively in any way. '' She is also somewhat vain, once declaring herself to be a `` frickin ' bombshell '' and believing that she bears a strong resemblance to red - haired celebrities like Rita Hayworth ( once even thinking a photo of Hayworth was one of herself ) and Nicole Kidman. This, however, leads to her being taken down a peg, and she is usually the butt of numerous jokes by other characters. In one episode, while in Los Angeles, she is repeatedly mistaken for Kathy Griffin by tourists. She is a Democrat and a graduate of Columbia University and the Fashion Institute. Grace 's quirks and physical abnormalities are often fodder for the show 's antics. She has very large feet, even for her height, and she 's often ridiculed for them. She comments on the fact `` feet the size of canoes '' were the only things her father ever gave her. When Will pulls out a pair of over-sized slippers out of a box of her childhood memorabilia, she remarks `` Those are my ballet slippers from fourth grade ! I went from a four to an eight in a month ! '' There is a general running joke of her being slovenly and unladylike, which contrasts with Will 's fastidiousness, usually for purposes of comedy. She is very cheap and often hoards on free things ( such as pretending to have a drinking problem in order to get free food at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings ) and even steals. She once mentions selling Will 's college term papers for a profit, of which Will had no knowledge. Relationships Grace 's best friend since college is Will Truman, and their relationship is the focus of the show. They met at a college party at Columbia University. Through the third - season episode `` Lows in the Mid-Eighties, '' we see they began dating and Grace did not realize that Will was gay at the time, and Will had not come out of the closet yet. When Will met Jack McFarland at a party, Jack made him confront his homosexuality. Will `` proposed '' to Grace during Thanksgiving, in an effort to postpone actually having sex with her. When he finally came out to her hours later, Grace was so angry with him that she did n't speak to him for a year. They ran into each other at a grocery store a year later and made up, and became inseparable best friends. Grace moves into Will 's apartment in season one when she breaks up with her fiance Danny. She moves out in season 2 to declare her independence - albeit only to an apartment across the hall. She moves back in the 3rd season. She eventually moves to Brooklyn in season five when she marries Leo but moves back in with Will in season 7 when she gets divorced. Her closeness to Will is a running joke throughout the series ; many other characters refer to them as a married couple. They can finish each other 's sentences, which helps them in their fast rounds in trivia and parlor games. They can also be quite dysfunctional and co-dependent, sometimes even requiring the other 's approval of clothing and boyfriends. When Will begins dating his future husband Vince D'Angelo ( Bobby Cannavale ) in season 6, Will is nervous about Grace 's opinion of him, noting that he has ended relationships because Grace disliked one detail about them ( one example given is that all Grace had to say about one such boyfriend was `` mock turtleneck, '' and the relationship was ruined ). Despite this, they are generally caring and supportive of each other. Aside from Will, Grace also has a close relationship with her assistant, Karen Walker, a rich, alcoholic socialite who does virtually no work. Karen is nevertheless useful to Grace, as she pays for her employer 's health insurance, gives Grace holiday bonuses, and occasionally uses her society connections to help Grace get work. Otherwise, Karen spends her `` work '' hours drinking and belittling Grace. Karen routinely criticizes Grace 's choices in fashion ( usually by disdainfully asking, `` Honey, what 's this all about ? '' ) and men. Nonetheless, Grace and Karen become close friends over the years. Grace eventually learns to look past Karen 's faults, and Karen occasionally does stop ridiculing her to reveal a softer, more caring side. In one episode, Grace stands up to Milo ( played by Andy García ) who refuses to go on a second date with Karen, who was going through a divorce with her husband Stan and was very vulnerable at the time. In another instance, Karen turns down Grace 's proposal for a business loan to protect Grace, who did n't really have a strong business plan. Grace also has a close bond with Will 's other best friend, Jack McFarland. Early in the series, Jack and Grace dislike each other, seeing each other as a rival for Will 's affections. However, after they spend time together while Will is in the Cayman Islands between Seasons two and three, they develop a closer friendship. They still antagonize one another, however, often leading to Grace striking Jack in some manner. Romantic relationships Grace has a string of boyfriends throughout the series, many played by guest stars such as Woody Harrelson and Gregory Hines. Grace marries the Jewish doctor Leo Markus, played by Harry Connick, Jr., on November 21, 2002, but the marriage ends when he has a one - night stand with a doctor from the Red Cross while working in Cambodia with Doctors Without Borders. In season 8, the two reunite briefly during a flight to London when they coincidentally met on the plane. Their mile high tryst leads to Grace getting pregnant, but she does n't tell Leo because he is engaged to another woman. However, in the series finale, she and Leo remarry and raise the baby, a girl named Laila, together. Laila is born in Rome, where Leo is working at a hospital as a researcher. After one year in Rome the family moves back to New York, to their apartment in Brooklyn. Laila goes on to attend college and there meets Will and Vince 's son, Ben. Laila and Ben are living in dorm rooms opposite each other 's while at college ; the same scenario that Will and Grace found themselves in while they attended college. Ben and Laila marry soon afterward. When the series was revived in 2017, the events of the season finale - in which Grace gives birth to Leo 's child and drifts apart from Will - are effectively retconned as one of Karen 's alcohol - induced hallucinations. In this continuity, Grace has recently got divorced from Leo, has never had children, and has moved back in with Will while she recovers from the divorce. When Leo reappears sometime later, it is revealed that the marriage ended because of Grace 's close friendship with Will as well as her inability to trust Leo not to cheat on her again. Despite the couple trying months of therapy and taking up golf together, they could n't make it work and Grace, unable to forgive Leo, turned to Will for comfort. Grace also has a reputation for `` turning '' men gay. Several of her boyfriends -- such as Will himself, and her second - season boyfriend Josh -- ended up gay or bisexual, and she has a recurring fear that this will happen again. ( At one point she entered a room to find her boyfriend Nathan ( played by Woody Harrelson ) passed out on a bed with Jack and Will, and moans, `` Oh, no, I turned another one. '' ) In season 8, she takes this to a new level when she briefly marries James Hanson, Will 's Canadian boyfriend in search of a green card. They annul the marriage a few days later because of James ' callousness and manipulative behavior. See also List of fictitious Jews References Jump up ^ `` Will & Grace : The Big Finale Is Full of Surprises ! canceled + renewed TV shows ''. TV Series Finale. Retrieved 2013 - 09 - 07. Jump up ^ Gairola, Rahul. `` Will & Grace ''. Pop Matters Television. Retrieved 12 August 2013. Jump up ^ Keveney, Bill ( 17 May 2006 ). `` NBC 's ' Will ' bows out gracefully ''. USA TODAY. Retrieved 12 August 2013. Jump up ^ JICHA, Tom. `` Top Notch ''. SunSentinel. Retrieved 12 August 2013. Jump up ^ Wells, Matt ( 16 December 2004 ). `` The American gay ''. The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 12 August 2013. Jump up ^ `` The Unsinkable Mommy Adler ''. Will & Grace. Season 1. Episode 13. February 9, 1999. NBC. Jump up ^ `` 24 ''. Will & Grace. Season 5. Episode 24. May 15, 2003. NBC. Jump up ^ `` I Love L. Gay ''. Will & Grace. Season 8. Episode 14. February 2, 2006. NBC. Jump up ^ `` Boo ! Humbug ''. Will & Grace. Season 1. Episode 5. October 26, 1998. NBC. Jump up ^ `` A New Lease on Life ''. Will & Grace. Season 1. Episode 2. September 21, 1998. NBC. Jump up ^ `` Guess Who 's Not Coming to Dinner ''. Will & Grace. Season 2. Episode 1. September 21, 1999. NBC. Jump up ^ `` Fear and Clothing ''. Will & Grace. Season 3. Episode 2. October 19, 2000. NBC. Jump up ^ `` Fred Astaire and Ginger Chicken ''. Will & Grace. Season 6. Episode 20. April 1, 2004. NBC. Jump up ^ `` The Finale ''. Will & Grace. Season 8. Episode 23. May 18, 2006. NBC. Jump up ^ Framke, Caroline ( September 28, 2017 ). `` Will & Grace, despite what NBC says, is n't the same show that ended 11 years ago. Good ''. vox.com. Retrieved September 29, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Grace Expectations ''. Will & Grace. Season 8. Episode 16. March 16, 2006. NBC. Will & Grace Seasons 6 7 8 9 Characters Will Truman Grace Adler Jack McFarland Karen Walker Rosario Salazar Supporting characters Episodes `` Pilot '' `` Grace, Replaced '' `` Gypsies, Tramps and Weed '' `` A Chorus Lie '' `` Fagel Attraction '' `` Marry Me a Little, Marry Me a Little More '' `` Dolls and Dolls '' `` Back Up, Dancer '' `` Alive and Schticking '' `` Buy, Buy Baby '' `` The Finale '' `` 11 Years Later '' Related Awards Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grace_Adler&oldid=814765649 '' Categories : Fictional American Jews Fictional American people of German descent Fictional American people of Russian descent Fictional characters from New York ( state ) Fictional characters introduced in 1998 Fictional Democrats ( United States ) Fictional people in fashion Will & Grace characters Hidden categories : Articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction from August 2011 All articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from November 2011 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Italiano עברית Nederlands Português Русский Simple English Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 10 December 2017, at 20 : 26. 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Question: who is graces baby daddy on will and grace
Answer: Leo Markus