Melissa McCarthy

Acting

Born 1970-08-26 Plainfield, Illinois, USA 103 credits Primetime Emmy Awards 2 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 The Razzie Redeemer Award 1 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress 1 MTV Comedic Genius Award 1

Awards

Nominated for 2 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 2 nominated

2019 Best Actress Nominated Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2012 Best Supporting Actress Nominated Bridesmaids

Primetime Emmy Awards 2 won

2017 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Won Saturday Night Live
2011 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Won Mike & Molly

BAFTA Awards 1 nominated

2019 Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated Can You Ever Forgive Me?

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

The Razzie Redeemer Award 1 won

2018 The Razzie Redeemer Award Won Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress 1 won

2018 Worst Actress Won Life of the Party

MTV Comedic Genius Award 1 won

2016 MTV Comedic Genius Award Won

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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.