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Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy

Acting

August 26, 1970 (55 years old)
Plainfield, Illinois, USA
Female
70 Movies
54 TV Shows

Melissa Ann McCarthy (born August 26, 1970) is an American actress, screenwriter, and producer. She has received numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. McCarthy was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016, and she has been featured multiple times in annual rankings of the highest-paid actresses in the world. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her #22 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century. McCarthy began appearing on television and in film in the late 1990s. She first gained recognition for her role as Sookie St. James on the television series Gilmore Girls (2000–2007). She played Dena on the ABC sitcom Samantha Who? (2007–2009) before starring as Molly Flynn on the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly (2010–2016), for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011. McCarthy's appearances as a host on Saturday Night Live (2011–2017) led to a win for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2017. McCarthy gained critical acclaim for her performance in the comedy film Bridesmaids (2011), receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to star in several commercially successful comedies, including Identity Thief (2013), The Heat(2013), Tammy (2014), St. Vincent (2014), Spy (2015), and The Boss (2016). In 2018, McCarthy received critical acclaim for portraying writer Lee Israel in the biographical film Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018), earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She has since starred in the drama miniseries Nine Perfect Strangers (2021) and played Ursula in the musical fantasy film The Little Mermaid (2023). McCarthy and her husband, Ben Falcone, are the founders of the production company On the Day Productions, under which they have collaborated on several comedy films, including Life of the Party (2018), Super Intelligence (2020), and Thunder Force (2021). In 2015, she launched her clothing line for plus-sized women named Melissa McCarthy Seven7. She received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia Melissa McCarthy, article licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Spy
Spy

Spy

2015 6.8

as Susan Cooper

Age 44 (now 55)
Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls

2000 7.9

as Sookie St. James

Age 30 (now 55)
153 eps
The Heat
The Heat

The Heat

2013 6.6

as Mullins

Age 42 (now 55)
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

2016 5.3

as Abby Yates

Age 45 (now 55)
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

2018 6.8

as Lee Israel

Age 48 (now 55)
St. Vincent
St. Vincent

St. Vincent

2014 7.1

as Maggie Bronstein

Age 44 (now 55)
Identity Thief
Identity Thief

Identity Thief

2013 5.9

as Diana

Age 42 (now 55)
The Boss
The Boss

The Boss

2016 5.8

as Michelle Darnell

Age 45 (now 55)
Life of the Party
Life of the Party

Life of the Party

2018 6.1

as Deanna Miles

Age 47 (now 55)
Thunder Force
Thunder Force

Thunder Force

2021 5.5

as Lydia Berman

Age 50 (now 55)
The Happytime Murders
The Happytime Murders

The Happytime Murders

2018 5.8

as Detective Connie Edwards

Age 47 (now 55)
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

2023 6.3

as Ursula

Age 52 (now 55)
Tammy
Tammy

Tammy

2014 5.3

as Tammy

Age 43 (now 55)
The Kitchen
The Kitchen

The Kitchen

2019 6.1

as Kathy Brennan

Age 48 (now 55)
Bridesmaids
Bridesmaids

Bridesmaids

2011 6.5

as Megan

Age 40 (now 55)
The Starling
The Starling

The Starling

2021 6.9

as Lilly Maynard

Age 51 (now 55)