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While Grace has never seriously dated a
Jewish man, Messing wed Daniel
Zelman, an actor-screenwriter, in a cere-
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2000. The couple attended High Holiday
services in Los Angeles last year, though
Messing describes her Jewish identity as
"more cultural than institutionalized."
She performs her share of tzedakah
by supporting charities such as the Gay
Men's Health Crisis and Best Friend's
Pet Sanctuary. Another Messing con-
tribution to the Jewish zeitgeist. Will 6-
Grace director James Burrows calls her
Juicy, the Jewish Lucy, because of her
prowess for physical comedy.
Anyone who remembers the explod-
ing water-bra episode understands why
critics agree she's a sexier, contempo-
rary incarnation of Lucille Ball.
Even Allen noted her natural comic
ability and cast her in a cameo in his
1998 film,. Celebrity.
The audition, she recalls, was
unorthodox: Before asking her to read,
she says, "Woody stared at me for 30
seconds, and I stared back."
Starring in Hollywood Ending also
proved daunting. "Woody doesn't give
you the entire script, which is the
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parents lost their entire families," says ,
the actress, who noted an eerie similarity
between a relative's story and Anne's.
"My grandfather's 14-year-old brother
was also hidden, but one day he couldn't
take it anymore and he ran outside and
was shot."
No wonder Portman frequently
found herself crying offstage: "It's a
stunning realization when you come
to see how much historical memory
affects you," she says.
After director George Lucas cast her
in his three Star Wars prequels,
Portman couldn't help but compare
the saga's Clone warriors to Nazi troops.
"The clones actualize the sort of de-indi-
viduation necessary to give rise to some-
thing like the Holocaust," Portman says.
The actress also feels Star Wars —
with its desert landscapes, warlords
and shadowy villains — has particular
resonance since the Afghanistan war.
The-saga explores how Anakin
Skywalker (Hayden Christensen in
Episode II) turns to the Dark Side and
becomes Darth Vader — a question
one could ask of American-born
Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh.
"Why there is evil in the world, and
actor's bible, so that's very disarming,"
Messing says. "Then he sort of leaves
you alone for a long time and doesn't
say anything and just lets you find
your way. Often you don't rehearse
and you get only one take; it's so fast
it makes your head spin."
Messing's career trajectory has been
equally head-spinning. She's appeared
on every magazine cover from Cosmo
to Glamour and recently flexed her
dramatic muscles by portraying
Richard Gere's doomed wife in the
feature film The Mothman Prophesies.
She says her goal is "to work within
all mediums and to switch genres as
often as possible."
Playing the very un-Grace-like Lori
in Hollywood Ending has helped.
"It's been an amazing experience," she
says. "To star in a Woody Allen movie
— as his girlfriend, no less — has been a
real-life Hollywood ending for me." ❑
Debra Messing stars in Hollywood
Ending, currently in theaters. The
one-hour season finale of Will
Grace airs 9 p.m. Thursday, May
16, on NBC.
what purpose it serves, will keep imi-
tative mythologies like Star Wars
alive," Portman says.
She found herself pondering the
same question during a visit to Israel
three months ago. While sitting on a
Tel Aviv beach, her reverie was inter-
rupted by explosions. "Then we heard
the ambulances coming," Portman says.
"When we got back to the hotel, we
heard that 20 girls my age had been
killed in a suicide bombing at the
Dolphinarium, just a block away from
where we had been."
Portman, nevertheless, is determined
to keep on visiting Israel. But she's
unsure Star Wars: Episode III will corn-
mence shooting in Tunisia next year.
"I have a feeling we'll have to figure
something else out," says the psychol-
ogy major, who takes advanced
Hebrew, attends Hillel and reads the
Israeli newspaper HaAretz.
"It would be great if we could end
up shooting in Israel, because we've
got plenty of good desert there." ❑
Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of
the Clones opens Thursday, May
16, in area theaters.