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Jerry (uncle)|occupation = Interior Designer|first_appearance = [[Love and Marriage]]|final_appearance = |episode_count = |portrayed_by = [[Debra Messing]]|alma_mater = [[Columbia University]]}}'''Grace Elizabeth Adler''' is an interior designer living in New York City with her best friend [[Will Truman|Will Truman.]] She is married to Dr. [[Leo Markus]] with whom she has a daughter, [[Laila]].
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[[Lila]] (daughter, Karen's dream)<br>|occupation = Interior Designer|first_appearance = [[Love and Marriage]]|final_appearance = |episode_count = |portrayed_by = [[Debra Messing]]|alma_mater = [[Columbia University]]}}'''Grace Elizabeth Adler''' is an interior designer living in New York City with her best friend [[Will Truman|Will Truman.]]
   
 
==Biography==
  
==Biography==
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=== Early childhood and family ===
  
=== Early childhood and family ===
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As siblings, Grace states that she is the "perfect one in the middle" who holds the "two losers together".<ref name=":4">[[The Accidental Tsuris]]</ref> Grace is shown to be annoyed by her mother's theatrical antics, critical nature and vanity though she later realized that she also inherited these traits.<ref>[[The Unsinkable Mommy Adler]]</ref> She also constantly strives for the affection of her father Martin,<ref>[[It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World]]</ref> who "emotionally turned his back" on her during college because he didn't understand her.<ref>[[Crouching Father, Hidden Husband]]</ref>
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As siblings, Grace states that she is the "perfect one in the middle" who holds the "two losers together".<ref name=":4">[[The Accidental Tsuris]]</ref> An incident while they were young involving chocolate, according to Grace earned her the nickname "Smudge" among her sisters.<ref>[[One Job]]</ref> Grace is shown to be annoyed by her mother's theatrical antics, critical nature and vanity though she later realizes that she also inherited these traits.<ref>[[The Unsinkable Mommy Adler]]</ref> She also constantly strives for the affection of her father Martin,<ref>[[It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World]]</ref> who "emotionally turned his back" on her during college because he didn't understand her.<ref>[[Crouching Father, Hidden Husband]]</ref>
   
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During the fourth grade, Grace took ballet lessons after which her Uncle Jerry would take her to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly%27s Friendly's] for a fribble and a fish-a-ma-jig.<ref name=":5" /> She had a pet dog named Tokey who was run over by a car.<ref name=":7">[[Bed, Bath and Beyond]]</ref>[[File:Grace bat mitzvah.png|left|thumb|169x169px|Grace during her bat mitzvah]]
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During the fourth grade, Grace took ballet lessons after which her Uncle Jerry would take her to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly%27s Friendly's] for a fribble and a fish-a-ma-jig.<ref name=":5" /> She had a pet dog named Tokey who was run over by a car.<ref name=":7">[[Bed, Bath and Beyond]]</ref>[[File:Grace bat mitzvah.png|left|thumb|169x169px|Grace during her bat mitzvah.]]
   
 
When she was 12, she left the door of the house open and let the pet cat escape. Her father, who finds this very funny would tell this story until her adult life.<ref>[[It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World]]</ref>
  
When she was 12, she left the door of the house open and let the pet cat escape. Her father, who finds this very funny would tell this story until her adult life.<ref>[[It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World]]</ref>
   
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Grace went to her first boy-girl dance with a boy named Alan Finkelman who ended up dancing with Sandy Simons.<ref>[[Crouching Father, Hidden Husband]]</ref>
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Grace went to her first boy-girl dance with a boy named Alan Finkelman who ended up dancing with Sandy Simons.<ref>[[Crouching Father, Hidden Husband]]</ref> While at Camp Rabat, Grace was trapped under a canoe, which caused her to develop [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claustrophobia claustrophobia].<ref>[[Who's Your Daddy]]</ref>
   
 
While Grace was attending Hawthorne High School, she inadvertently started the nickname "Mrs. Lazy Face" for Alice Robinson, an unpopular student with speech impediment.<ref>[[Alice Doesn't Lisp Here Anymore]]</ref> While in high school, she dated a boy named Bobby Kay<ref>[[Love Plus One]]</ref> and [[List of Grace's Ex-Lovers#Campbell|Campbell]]<ref name=":6" />. She also had a crush on [[List of Grace's Ex-Lovers#John Gregorio|John Gregorio]] who never noticed her; and [[List of Grace's Ex-Lovers#Glenn Gabriel|Glenn Gabriel]] who was a member of a cool Jewish gang.<ref>[[Grace in the Hole]]</ref>
  
While Grace was attending Hawthorne High School, she inadvertently started the nickname "Mrs. Lazy Face" for Alice Robinson, an unpopular student with speech impediment.<ref>[[Alice Doesn't Lisp Here Anymore]]</ref> While in high school, she dated a boy named Bobby Kay<ref>[[Love Plus One]]</ref> and [[List of Grace's Ex-Lovers#Campbell|Campbell]]<ref name=":6" />. She also had a crush on [[List of Grace's Ex-Lovers#John Gregorio|John Gregorio]] who never noticed her; and [[List of Grace's Ex-Lovers#Glenn Gabriel|Glenn Gabriel]] who was a member of a cool Jewish gang.<ref>[[Grace in the Hole]]</ref>
   
 
=== Dating Will ===
  
=== Dating Will ===
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In 1985, Grace was a freshman at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University Columbia University] with her friend [[Ellen]] and lived in a dorm room across Will's. They met during a party in front of Paradise Juice where she told Nancy Jacob that Will is the man she is going to spend the rest of her life with<ref>[[Marry Me a Little, Marry Me a Little More]]</ref> and they eventually started dating. On the day that Grace planned to lose her virginity to him, Will [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_out came out] and they break up. Grace moves off campus and they did not speak to each other for some time.
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In 1985, Grace was a freshman at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University Columbia University] with her friend [[Ellen]] and lived in a dorm room across Will's. They met during a party in front of Paradise Juice where she told Nancy Jacob that Will is the man she is going to spend the rest of her life with<ref>[[Marry Me a Little, Marry Me a Little More]]</ref> and they eventually started dating. On the day that Grace planned to lose her virginity to him, Will [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_out came out] and they break up. Grace moved off campus and they did not speak to each other for some time.
 
[[File:Grace ellen 80s.png|left|thumb|220x220px|Grace and [[Rob and Ellen|Ellen]] during their freshmen year.]]
  
[[File:Grace ellen 80s.png|left|thumb|220x220px|Grace and [[Rob and Ellen|Ellen]] during their freshmen year.]]
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A year later, they bump into each other at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Agostino_Supermarkets D'Agostino] and rekindle their relationship but as platonic friends. This would later become the basis of a recurring joke that Grace can turn straight men gay,<ref name=":1">[[New Will City]]</ref> and is frequently attracted to gay men.<ref>[[Crazy in Love]]</ref> She lost her virginity to a nurse named Ira.<ref>[[Will Works Out]]</ref>
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A year later, they bumped into each other at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Agostino_Supermarkets D'Agostino] and rekindled their relationship but as platonic friends. This would later become the basis of a recurring joke that Grace can turn straight men gay,<ref name=":1">[[New Will City]]</ref> and is frequently attracted to gay men.<ref>[[Crazy in Love]]</ref> She eventually loses her virginity to a nurse named Ira.<ref>[[Will Works Out]]</ref>
   
 
Grace mentions being part of an improv group with Will called The Zanys<ref>[[Sweet and Sour Charity]]</ref>. She also sold Will's college term papers for a profit which he had no knowledge of until later on<ref>[[Looking for Mr. Good Enough]]</ref>.
  
Grace mentions being part of an improv group with Will called The Zanys<ref>[[Sweet and Sour Charity]]</ref>. She also sold Will's college term papers for a profit which he had no knowledge of until later on<ref>[[Looking for Mr. Good Enough]]</ref>.
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== Personality ==
  
== Personality ==
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Grace's antics mainly toy around her neurotic and childish tendencies, as opposed to the more reasonable and pragmatic Will, although most of the humor on her also stem from her physical characteristics--her fluffy red hair, big teeth, nontraditional wardrobe, flat chest, and big feet. She claims that her feet grew "from a four to an eight in a month".<ref name=":5">[[My Uncle the Car]]</ref> Her stinginess and unladylike demeanor are also often fodder for the show's humor. One recurring joke is that she has super human strength that she was able to overpower Will<ref>[[Bacon and Eggs]]</ref> and break Jack's back by hugging him<ref>[[I Second That Emotion]]
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Grace's antics mainly toy around her neurotic and childish tendencies, as opposed to the more reasonable and pragmatic Will, although most of the humor on her also stem from her physical characteristics—her fluffy red hair, big teeth, nontraditional wardrobe, flat chest, and big feet. She claims that as a teenager, her feet grew "from a four to an eight in a month".<ref name=":5">[[My Uncle the Car]]</ref> Her stinginess and unladylike demeanor are also often made fun of by her friends. One recurring joke is that she has super human strength that she is able to overpower Will<ref>[[Bacon and Eggs]]</ref> and break Jack's back by hugging him<ref>[[I Second That Emotion]]
 
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Grace is also shown to hate reading and is unaware of general facts, once mistaking Guatemala to be in Africa and Spain<ref>[[23]]</ref>, and using the word "ironical"<ref name=":3" />.
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Although Grace is a smart and successful businesswoman, she is shown to be have an aversion to reading and is unaware of general facts, once mistaking Guatemala to be in Africa and Spain<ref>[[23]]</ref>, and using the word "ironical"<ref name=":3" />.
   
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Grace also seemingly developed an obsession to food that [[Stuart Lamarack|Stuart]] once rhetorically asked her, "Good god, do you ever stop eating?".<ref name=":8">[[Courting Disaster]]</ref> Will recalls that she tends to act crazy when hungry.<ref name=":4" /> Grace herself is decidedly selfish and competitive, but it is usually played for laughs, except for [[Rob]] and [[Ellen]] who later expresses how annoying Grace can get during game night. She is also somewhat shallow and vain, once declaring herself to be a "frickin' bombshell"<ref name=":2">[[Dames At Sea]]</ref> and believing that she bears a strong resemblance to red-haired celebrities like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hayworth Rita Hayworth]<ref name=":6">[[Secrets and Lays]]</ref> and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Roberts Julia Roberts]<ref>[[Polk Defeats Truman]]</ref>, which seems to confuse others. While in Los Angeles, she was mistaken for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Griffin Kathy Griffin] by tourists.<ref>[[I Love L. Gay]]</ref>
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Grace also seemingly developed an obsession to food that Jack's boyfriend [[Stuart Lamarack|Stuart]] once rhetorically asked her, "Good god, do you ever stop eating?".<ref name=":8">[[Courting Disaster]]</ref> Will recalls that she tends to act crazy when hungry.<ref name=":4" /> Grace herself is decidedly selfish and competitive, but it is usually played for laughs, except for [[Rob]] and [[Ellen]] who at one occasion express how annoying Grace can get during [[game night]]. She is also somewhat shallow and vain, once declaring herself to be a "frickin' bombshell"<ref name=":2">[[Dames At Sea]]</ref> and believing that she bears a strong resemblance to red-haired celebrities like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hayworth Rita Hayworth]<ref name=":6">[[Secrets and Lays]]</ref> and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Roberts Julia Roberts]<ref>[[Polk Defeats Truman]]</ref>, much to other people's confusion. While in Los Angeles, she was mistaken for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Griffin Kathy Griffin] by tourists.<ref>[[I Love L. Gay]]</ref>
   
 
== Media ==
  
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=== [[Leo Markus]] ===
  
=== [[Leo Markus]] ===
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[[File:Grace & Leo.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Newlywed Grace and Leo in [[Fagmalion Part Two: Attack of the Clones]]]]
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[[File:Grace & Leo.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Newlywed Grace and Leo in [[Fagmalion Part Two: Attack of the Clones]].]]
 
Leo is a Jewish doctor Grace meets while on her way to the fertility clinic to get fertilized by Will's spem at the [[...And the Horse He Rode in On|beginning of season five]]. Leo pursues Grace who initially rejects him due to an agreement she made with Will to give up dating.
  
Leo is a Jewish doctor Grace meets while on her way to the fertility clinic to get fertilized by Will's spem at the [[...And the Horse He Rode in On|beginning of season five]]. Leo pursues Grace who initially rejects him due to an agreement she made with Will to give up dating.
   
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== Other romantic relationships ==
  
== Other romantic relationships ==
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[[List of Grace's Ex-Lovers|''Main article: List of Grace's Ex-Lovers'']]
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[[List of Grace's Ex-Lovers|''Main article: List of Grace's romantic partners'']]
   
 
== Notes ==
  
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* She hates [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teri_Hatcher Teri Hatcher].<ref>[[Fagel Attraction]]
  
* She hates [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teri_Hatcher Teri Hatcher].<ref>[[Fagel Attraction]]
 
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* She's afraid of needles and cannot say "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_Starr Ringo]" because "he was a Beatle and that sounds like needle."<ref>[[The Hospital Show]]</ref>
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* She's afraid of needles and cannot say "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_Starr Ringo]" because "he was a Beatle and that sounds like needle".<ref>[[The Hospital Show]]</ref>
 
* She's allergic to bees and she's a democrat.<ref>[[Boo! Humbug]]
  
* She's allergic to bees and she's a democrat.<ref>[[Boo! Humbug]]
 
</ref> She's also allergic to cats.<ref>[[Fagmalion Part One: Gay It Forward]]</ref>
  
</ref> She's also allergic to cats.<ref>[[Fagmalion Part One: Gay It Forward]]</ref>
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* Grace has displayed a skill in telling food's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelf_life shelf life]/cooking time in several occasions only by its smell.
  
* Grace has displayed a skill in telling food's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelf_life shelf life]/cooking time in several occasions only by its smell.
 
* Will often pokes fun of Grace's nose saying she [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoplasty had it done], which she adamantly denies. During a flashback in "[[Lows in the Mid-Eighties]]", Grace had a thicker nose, implying that she indeed had surgery.
  
* Will often pokes fun of Grace's nose saying she [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoplasty had it done], which she adamantly denies. During a flashback in "[[Lows in the Mid-Eighties]]", Grace had a thicker nose, implying that she indeed had surgery.
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* She had named her vagina Sophia.<ref>[[Grandpa Jack]]</ref>
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicollette_Sheridan Nicollette Sheridan] almost won the role of Grace<ref>[http://www.eonline.com/de/photos/10473/amazing-tv-roles-that-almost-went-to-other-actors/332336 Nicollette Sheridan as Grace on Will & Grace from Amazing TV Roles][http://www.eonline.com/de/photos/10473/amazing-tv-roles-that-almost-went-to-other-actors/332336 That Almost Went To Other Actors]
  
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicollette_Sheridan Nicollette Sheridan] almost won the role of Grace<ref>[http://www.eonline.com/de/photos/10473/amazing-tv-roles-that-almost-went-to-other-actors/332336 Nicollette Sheridan as Grace on Will & Grace from Amazing TV Roles][http://www.eonline.com/de/photos/10473/amazing-tv-roles-that-almost-went-to-other-actors/332336 That Almost Went To Other Actors]
 
</ref>. She later makes a guest appearance as [[Danielle Morty|Dr. Danielle Morty]].
  
</ref>. She later makes a guest appearance as [[Danielle Morty|Dr. Danielle Morty]].
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Grace Elizabeth Adler is an interior designer living in New York City with her best friend Will Truman.

Biography

Grace was born on April 26, 1967 in Schenectady, New York to Bobbi and Martin Adler. She has an older sister named Janet and a younger sister Joyce. She was raised Jewish. As shown and mentioned throughout the series, Grace is close with her family including her aunts and uncles.

Early childhood and family

As siblings, Grace states that she is the "perfect one in the middle" who holds the "two losers together".[1] An incident while they were young involving chocolate, according to Grace earned her the nickname "Smudge" among her sisters.[2] Grace is shown to be annoyed by her mother's theatrical antics, critical nature and vanity though she later realizes that she also inherited these traits.[3] She also constantly strives for the affection of her father Martin,[4] who "emotionally turned his back" on her during college because he didn't understand her.[5]

During the fourth grade, Grace took ballet lessons after which her Uncle Jerry would take her to Friendly's for a fribble and a fish-a-ma-jig.[6] She had a pet dog named Tokey who was run over by a car.[7]

Grace bat mitzvah

Grace during her bat mitzvah.

When she was 12, she left the door of the house open and let the pet cat escape. Her father, who finds this very funny would tell this story until her adult life.[8]

Grace went to her first boy-girl dance with a boy named Alan Finkelman who ended up dancing with Sandy Simons.[9] While at Camp Rabat, Grace was trapped under a canoe, which caused her to develop claustrophobia.[10]

While Grace was attending Hawthorne High School, she inadvertently started the nickname "Mrs. Lazy Face" for Alice Robinson, an unpopular student with speech impediment.[11] While in high school, she dated a boy named Bobby Kay[12] and Campbell[13]. She also had a crush on John Gregorio who never noticed her; and Glenn Gabriel who was a member of a cool Jewish gang.[14]

Dating Will

In 1985, Grace was a freshman at Columbia University with her friend Ellen and lived in a dorm room across Will's. They met during a party in front of Paradise Juice where she told Nancy Jacob that Will is the man she is going to spend the rest of her life with[15] and they eventually started dating. On the day that Grace planned to lose her virginity to him, Will came out and they break up. Grace moved off campus and they did not speak to each other for some time.

Grace ellen 80s

Grace and Ellen during their freshmen year.

A year later, they bumped into each other at D'Agostino and rekindled their relationship but as platonic friends. This would later become the basis of a recurring joke that Grace can turn straight men gay,[16] and is frequently attracted to gay men.[17] She eventually loses her virginity to a nurse named Ira.[18]

Grace mentions being part of an improv group with Will called The Zanys[19]. She also sold Will's college term papers for a profit which he had no knowledge of until later on[20].

At the start of the series, Grace had been dating Danny for two years, although Will thinks she deserves someone better.[21] After Danny proposes and Will reveals what he honestly thinks of him, Grace leaves Danny at the altar and convinces Will to let her room with him.[22]

Career

At the beginning of the series, Grace has her own interior design firm in New York with the rich socialite Karen Walker working as her assistant. For a short period, she also teaches an interior design class at The Learning Annex.[23]

Personality

Grace's antics mainly toy around her neurotic and childish tendencies, as opposed to the more reasonable and pragmatic Will, although most of the humor on her also stem from her physical characteristics—her fluffy red hair, big teeth, nontraditional wardrobe, flat chest, and big feet. She claims that as a teenager, her feet grew "from a four to an eight in a month".[6] Her stinginess and unladylike demeanor are also often made fun of by her friends. One recurring joke is that she has super human strength that she is able to overpower Will[24] and break Jack's back by hugging him[25].

Although Grace is a smart and successful businesswoman, she is shown to be have an aversion to reading and is unaware of general facts, once mistaking Guatemala to be in Africa and Spain[26], and using the word "ironical"[27].

Grace also seemingly developed an obsession to food that Jack's boyfriend Stuart once rhetorically asked her, "Good god, do you ever stop eating?".[28] Will recalls that she tends to act crazy when hungry.[1] Grace herself is decidedly selfish and competitive, but it is usually played for laughs, except for Rob and Ellen who at one occasion express how annoying Grace can get during game night. She is also somewhat shallow and vain, once declaring herself to be a "frickin' bombshell"[29] and believing that she bears a strong resemblance to red-haired celebrities like Rita Hayworth[13] and Julia Roberts[30], much to other people's confusion. While in Los Angeles, she was mistaken for Kathy Griffin by tourists.[31]

Media

Relationships

Will Truman

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Will and Grace during the pilot.

As best friends, Will and Grace are extremely close that they claim to know each other's deepest secrets. According to her they've seen each other "naked and crying."[32][33] With a deep understanding of how the other thinks, they can finish each others sentences at times, which helps them in their fast rounds in trivia and parlor games.[34] They can also be quite dysfunctional and co-dependent, sometimes even requiring the other's approval of clothing and boyfriends.[35] They are constantly made fun of by other characters. Karen hilariously refers to Will as Grace's husband, her "sexless lover", "non-romantic life partner" and the reason that Grace is not in a relationship.[36] Eric McCormack says that Will and Grace have "that relationship that you envy."

During the fifth season, Will and Grace attempt to make a baby via in vitro fertilization. The plan however does not push through after Grace meets Leo while on the way to the fertility clinic.[27] Her tumultuous relationship with Leo becomes a constant strife to their friendship, eventually leading to a fall out between the two friends during the finale.

Grace moves in and out of Will's apartment throughout the series. In season 2, she moves into the apartment across the hall from Will which she eventually gives to Jack.

Karen Walker

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Grace shows Karen how good Leo's kiss is in The Kid Stays Out of the Picture.

Karen Walker is Grace's rich, alcoholic socialite secretary who admits going to the office just to get away from her husband and stepchildren.[37] Although she virtually does no secretarial work, Karen is nevertheless useful to Grace, as she pays for her health insurance and bonuses[38] and occasionally uses her society connections to help Grace get work.[39] In the office, Karen is routinely seen drinking or flipping through magazines, if not criticizing Grace's wardrobe and overall appearance, usually by disdainfully asking "Honey, what's this all about?".

Grace and Karen became 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, especially after both of them got divorced.[40] In "Field of Queens", Grace stands up to Milo, a restauranteur who refuses to go on a second date with Karen, who is going through a divorce and is very vulnerable at the time. In another instance, Karen seemingly turns down Grace's proposal for a business loan out of mean behavior. She reveals doing it to protect Grace, who doesn't have a strong business plan, from failing.[41]

Jack McFarland

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Grace and Jack watching Surya Bonaly skate on Will on Ice.

Grace and Jack became friends mainly because of Will. They initially expressed that they didn't have anything in common until they discovered they both love figure skating[42], Antiques Road Show[43], and gay porn[16] and they begin to bond. Will also mentions that both of them share the same shallow interest such as "the new format of Star magazine and-and not knowing who's running for president."[28]

Along with Karen, Jack frequently makes fun of Grace's appearance as well as her "deadly" wardrobe. By the start of season three, Grace and Jack had become really close driving Will jealous.

Leo Markus

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Newlywed Grace and Leo in Fagmalion Part Two: Attack of the Clones.

Leo is a Jewish doctor Grace meets while on her way to the fertility clinic to get fertilized by Will's spem at the beginning of season five. Leo pursues Grace who initially rejects him due to an agreement she made with Will to give up dating.

After seeing each other over a few months, Grace and Leo spontaneously get married while strolling down Central Park. They later find out that the wedding was invalid and soon get married officially in a synagogue.

Their marriage becomes difficult after Leo continued working with Doctors Without Borders and left the country often. Grace briefly joins him in Cambodia but returns to New York after she realizes that her marriage is in trouble.[44] They divorce after he admits to have had a one-night stand with a fellow doctor while in Cambodia.[45]

Grace and Leo later bump into each other while on a plane to London and rekindle their romance but decide to go on their separate ways.[46] Grace, however finds out later that she is pregnant from this encounter.[47] After learning of Leo's engagement, Grace chooses not to tell him and to raise her child with Will as the father. During the finale, Leo comes to see Grace and tell her that he still loves her, which she accepts. This causes Will and Grace to fall out one last time and she moves to Rome with Leo.

For the next two years, Grace and Leo raise their daughter Lila who eventually meets and gets engaged to Will and Vince's son Ben.[48]

Other romantic relationships

Main article: List of Grace's romantic partners

Notes

  • It was shown that Grace was originally a brunette.[49] She was raised Jewish and her Hebrew name is Ruchel.[50]
  • Her middle name is Elizabeth because her mother is a fan of Elizabeth Taylor, who was involved in a real-life scandal with Debbie Reynolds, who played Grace's mother Bobbi.
  • She hates Teri Hatcher.[51]
  • She's afraid of needles and cannot say "Ringo" because "he was a Beatle and that sounds like needle".[52]
  • She's allergic to bees and she's a democrat.[53] She's also allergic to cats.[54]
  • She is especially fond of cakes.[55][56]
  • She tends to hit when she gets excited.[29]
  • Grace's favorite flower is lily, which is also the name of her great-grandmother. Jack mentions that she intends to name her first daughter Lilly, with two Ls.[16]
  • Grace is the only main character not to appear in all episodes. This is due to Debra Messing's pregnancy during the sixth season where she, although mentioned, does not appear in 5 episodes.
  • Adler means "eagle" in German.
  • Whenever she goes through an emotional low point, she spends days going through slides of photos from her childhood trying to figure out "where it all went wrong."[7]
  • Grace has displayed a skill in telling food's shelf life/cooking time in several occasions only by its smell.
  • Will often pokes fun of Grace's nose saying she had it done, which she adamantly denies. During a flashback in "Lows in the Mid-Eighties", Grace had a thicker nose, implying that she indeed had surgery.
  • She had named her vagina Sophia.[57]
  • Nicollette Sheridan almost won the role of Grace[58]. She later makes a guest appearance as Dr. Danielle Morty.

Quotes

Do whatever you want. 'Cause today I'm handing out lollipops and ass whoopings, and I'm all out of lollipops. — Ben? Her?

Gay sex is so hot. — Acting Out

My love for you is like this scar: ugly but permanent. — to Will, New Will City

No one likes the theater. It's like an expensive nap. — The Needle and the Omelet's Done

I can’t believe they’re having a viral outbreak the same weekend as my house-warming party. Why do these things always happen to me? — her husband leaving for Africa, Fagmalion Part Two: Attack of the Clones

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Accidental Tsuris
  2. ↑ One Job
  3. ↑ The Unsinkable Mommy Adler
  4. ↑ It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World
  5. ↑ Crouching Father, Hidden Husband
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 My Uncle the Car
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Bed, Bath and Beyond
  8. ↑ It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World
  9. ↑ Crouching Father, Hidden Husband
  10. ↑ Who's Your Daddy
  11. ↑ Alice Doesn't Lisp Here Anymore
  12. ↑ Love Plus One
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Secrets and Lays
  14. ↑ Grace in the Hole
  15. ↑ Marry Me a Little, Marry Me a Little More
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 New Will City
  17. ↑ Crazy in Love
  18. ↑ Will Works Out
  19. ↑ Sweet and Sour Charity
  20. ↑ Looking for Mr. Good Enough
  21. ↑ Love and Marriage
  22. ↑ A New Lease on Life
  23. ↑ He Shoots, They Snore
  24. ↑ Bacon and Eggs
  25. ↑ I Second That Emotion
  26. ↑ 23
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 ...And the Horse He Rode in On
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Courting Disaster
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Dames At Sea
  30. ↑ Polk Defeats Truman
  31. ↑ I Love L. Gay
  32. ↑ Jingle Balls
  33. ↑ Key Party
  34. ↑ Homojo
  35. ↑ Fred Astaire and Ginger Chicken
  36. ↑ Grace, Replaced
  37. ↑ Girl Trouble
  38. ↑ Fanilow
  39. ↑ Saving Grace
  40. ↑ Women and Children First
  41. ↑ Stakin' Care of Business
  42. ↑ Will on Ice
  43. ↑ Tea and a Total Lack of Sympathy
  44. ↑ Swimming from Cambodia
  45. ↑ I Do. Oh, No, You Di-in't
  46. ↑ Love is in the Airplane
  47. ↑ The Definition of Marriage
  48. ↑ The Finale
  49. ↑ Lows in the Mid-Eighties
  50. ↑ Girls, Interrupted
  51. ↑ Fagel Attraction
  52. ↑ The Hospital Show
  53. ↑ Boo! Humbug
  54. ↑ Fagmalion Part One: Gay It Forward
  55. ↑ Humongous Growth
  56. ↑ Cheatin' Trouble Blues
  57. ↑ Grandpa Jack
  58. ↑ Nicollette Sheridan as Grace on Will & Grace from Amazing TV RolesThat Almost Went To Other Actors
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