Estefan Gloria

Jack begins dating Estefan after breaking up with Drew. The two hit it off immediately quickly got engaged.

Episodes [6]: 09.16, 10.01, 10.02, 10.10, 10.14, 10.18

Smitty

Smitty is a bartender at Karen's favorite bar. His stories of woe always put a smile on her face.

Episodes [10]: 04.25, 05.19, 07.18, 08.02, 08.22, 09.06, 09.15, 09.16, 10.02, 10.18

McCoy Whitman

McCoy Whitman is a local television newscaster who likes his men cute and dumb.

Episodes [4]: 10.08, 10.13, 10.16, 10.18

Miss Coco Peru

Drag queen Miss Coco Peru owns a gay bar that Jack frequents. He also performed Jack and Estefan's wedding ceremony.

Episodes [2]: 10.05, 10.18

Nikki

Nikki works in the same building as Grace Adler Designs. She meets Karen while trapped during a snowstorm and the two have a brief affair.

Episodes [3]: 10.16, 10.17, 10.18

Marcus

Grace meets the charming Marcus at the airport.

Episodes [1]: 10.18

Larry

Larry and his partner Joe are two former party boy friends of Will and Jack's. They settled down in the South Hamptons and are raising a daughter, Hannah. They were married in 2001 in Vermont. Grace fixed him up with Will's father's mistress.

Episodes [16]: 03.03, 03.10, 03.17, 03.18, 04.12, 05.04, 05.08, 05.09, 05.15, 06.14, 07.05, 08.04, 08.15, 08.20, 09.09, 10.17

Noah Broader

Noah Broader is West Side Curmudgeon @wsidecurmudgeon on Twitter. He and Grace date for a while.

Episodes [7]: 10.01, 10.03, 10.06, 10.07, 10.14, 10.16, 10.17

Drew

Jack hooks up with closeted Officer Drew at Vince's wedding.

Episodes [4]: 09.10, 09.11, 09.15, 10.16

Marilyn Truman

Will's mother, married to George Truman. They have three sons: Sam, Paul, and Will (her favorite). George and Marilyn decided to divorce in 2002. After the divorce became final in 2003, she became depressed and moved in with Will. After spraining her ankle, she was forced to stay with Will for a couple more weeks. In 2004, she invited Grace to her house for a tea party and Grace broke her favorite Lladro figurine.

Episodes [14]: 04.09, 04.18, 06.03, 06.04, 06.06, 06.21, 07.11, 07.21, 08.09, 08.19, 08.20, 09.16, 10.07, 10.15

Nurse Sheila

Sheila used to work at the sperm bank, collecting specimens. She now works for Dr. Hershberg.

Episodes [8]: 02.11, 04.25, 05.01, 06.07, 06.22, 08.21, 09.03, 10.15

Martin Adler

Martin is Grace's joking father. He is married to Bobbi Adler, and they have three daughters: Janet (the oldest), Grace and Joyce. He missed Grace's wedding when he threw his back out.

Episodes [5]: 07.20, 09.15, 09.16, 10.05, 10.15

Martin was played by Alan Arkin in the original series run

Val Bassett

Wacky neighbor Val moved into apartment 15F and befriended Will (which made Grace crazy jealous). She then moved to 12E and befriended Grace (then stole her music box). After seeing Jack's cabaret act Jack 2001, Val stalked him. When Val shows up again and tries to be friendly with Grace, Grace gives her the cold shoulder. To get back at her, Val opens a design business next door and steals Grace's ideas and clients. In 2004, Grace ran into Val at an AA meeting.

Episodes [7]: 01.18, 02.20, 03.21, 04.22, 07.03, 09.09, 10.13

Malcolm Widmark

Malcolm lures Will into working for him. When Will becomes suspicous, Malcolm claims to be a government agent working with an old friend — Stanley Walker.

Episodes [10]: 07.22, 07.23, 08.01, 08.03, 08.04, 08.05, 09.15, 09.16, 10.02, 10.12

Steve

Steve is one of Will and Rob's poker buddies. Steve also lives in Will's building, and is in charge of the building's community garden.

Episodes [5]: 01.07, 02.19, 04.19, 05.11, 10.12

Zusanna

Zusanna is the sister of Jack's former acting teacher, Zandra.

Episodes [1]: 10.12

Paul

Paul is a professor at Columbia University. He flirts with Will, until Will discovers Paul has a husband and child.

Episodes [1]: 10.12

Olivie

Olivie is a student in Will's law class at Columbia University.

Episodes [2]: 10.02, 10.11

Olivia Walker

Olivia is the daughter of Stanley and Kathy Walker, and is Karen's stepdaughter.

Episodes [2]: 07.11, 10.11

Olivia was previously played by Hallee Hirsh in Season 7.

Professor Henry Rice

Henry Rice is the department head at Columbia University, where Will teaches.

Episodes [1]: 10.10

Janet Adler

Janet is Grace's older sister. Her life is a mess and Grace is constantly having to help her.

Episodes [3]: 06.11, 09.15, 10.09

Janet was previously played by Genna Davis in Season 6

Donna Zimmer

Power lesbian Donna Zimmer hooks up with Grace's sister, Janet.

Episodes [1]: 10.09

Lorraine Finster

British hussy Lorraine was Stanley Walker's girlfriend. She worked in the prison cafeteria.

Episodes [8]: 05.15, 05.23, 05.24, 06.11, 06.15, 06.16, 09.06, 10.08

Theodore

Theodore works at the Bronx Boys and Girls Club rec center. He is Alvin's brother.

Episodes [2]: 09.05, 10.07

Katie Broader

Katie is Noah Broader's daughter.

Episodes [1]: 10.07

Jon Cryer

Karen replaced Jack with Jon Cryer in Jack's one man show, Gaybraham Twinklin.

Episodes [1]: 10.06

Mrs. Timmer

Mrs. Timmer lives in Will and Grace's building, in apartment 9B.

Episodes [2]: 10.01, 10.04

Beverley Leslie

After trying to steal Rosario and then showing up at the Walker's annual Valentine's weekend to taunt Karen for being alone, Karen's arch-rival showed up at the HRC gala with "business associate" Benji and tried to outbid her in the silent auction. He was in Vegas for Karen's wedding and confessed to Will that Karen Walker was "the one who got away." His rich wife Crystal finally passed in 2005.

Episodes [14]: 03.14, 04.15, 05.17, 06.03, 06.23, 07.15, 07.22, 08.07, 08.11, 08.17, 08.23, 09.05, 09.07, 10.03

Skip

Skip is Jack's grandson, the son of Elliot and Emma. His parents send him to conversion camp Straighten Arrow so he can be "normal" — until Grandpa Jack intervenes.

Episodes [2]: 09.04, 10.03

Skip appeared in Season 9, but was played by Jet Jurgensmeyer.

Randy

Border Patrol Officer Randy detains Karen and Beverley Leslie at the border wall.

Episodes [1]: 10.03

Blanca

Karen meets Blanca while in Border Patrol custody and is moved by her story.

Episodes [1]: 10.03

Anastasia Beaverhausen

When Karen needs to go incognito, she dons the alias Anastasia Beaverhausen. Anastasia as in Russian royalty, Beaverhausen as in where the beaver lives.

Episodes [10]: 02.10, 02.22, 03.06, 04.21, 04.25, 08.10, 08.13, 09.01, 09.15, 10.02

Trish Yashida

Trish Yashida is a private investigator searching for Karen Walker.

Episodes [1]: 10.02