Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Messing appeared as Jerry Seinfeld 's date in two episodes of the series Seinfeld : `` The Wait Out '' in 1996 and `` The Yada Yada '' in 1997 .
Simplified: In 1996 and 1997 , Messing appeared as Jerry Seinfeld 's date in two episodes of the series Seinfeld .