
Melissa McCarthy
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Biography
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.
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Known For

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

RuPaul's Drag Race

Golden Globe Awards

The Simpsons

The Oscars

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Graham Norton Show

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Daily Show

Saturday Night Live

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Entertainment Tonight

Only Murders in the Building

Finding Your Roots

Chelsea

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

Late Show with David Letterman

Kids' Choice Awards

Kim Possible

The Penguins of Madagascar

Private Practice

Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Central Intelligence

Charlie's Angels

Thor: Love and Thunder

The Kid

Life As We Know It

Go

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder

This Is 40

Bridesmaids

The Back-Up Plan

The Hangover Part III

Gilmore Girls

The Little Mermaid

Ghostbusters

God's Favorite Idiot

Unfrosted

Nine Perfect Strangers

Mike & Molly

Little Big Shots

The Heat

The Nines

Identity Thief

Thunder Force

The Boss

Spy

The Starling

Tammy

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Life of the Party

Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey

The Kitchen

Genie
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