EMMY winner Debra Messing (pic) has signed on to star in USA Network’s limited series The Starter Wife, based on Gigi Levangie Grazer’s best-selling novel. The six-hour series centres on the quest of a divorced woman (Messing) to redefine herself after years of marriage to a Hollywood studio head. The project is set to begin production in Australia in the fourth quarter of the year.
“Debra Messing is both a superstar talent and America’s sweetheart,” said Jeff Wachtel, executive vice president original programming at USA. “Her incredible range and comedic brilliance made her our first and only choice for this role.”