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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 26, 1970
Place of Birth
Plainfield, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Melissa Ann McCarthy
- 멀리사 매카시
- เมลิสซา แมคคาร์ธี
- Мелісса Маккарті
- ماليسا ماكارثي
- Μελίσα Μακάρθι
- 멜리사 맥카시
- ملیسا مککارتی
Melissa McCarthy
2.1 Popularity
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. Description above from the Wikipedia Melissa McCarthy, article licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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0.0
Margie Claus (voice)
Margie Claus
2027
7.7
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
5.3
Donna Stankowski
Unfrosted
2024
6.6
Flora
Genie
2023
6.3
Ursula
The Little Mermaid
2023
6.9
Self - Actor Hela
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
6.4
Actor Hela
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
6.2
Amily Luck
God's Favorite Idiot
2022
0.0
Self - Host
The Great Giveback with Melissa McCarthy and Jenna Perusich
2022
7.0
Self
Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around
2021
Credits
🎬
Margie Claus
as Margie Claus (voice)
2027
0.0
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
2025
7.7
Unfrosted
as Donna Stankowski
2024
5.3
Genie
as Flora
2023
6.6
The Little Mermaid
as Ursula
2023
6.3
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
as Self - Actor Hela
2022
6.9
Thor: Love and Thunder
as Actor Hela
2022
6.4
God's Favorite Idiot
as Amily Luck
2022
6.2
The Great Giveback with Melissa McCarthy and Jenna Perusich
as Self - Host
2022
0.0
Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around
as Self
2021
7.0
Adele One Night Only
as Self
2021
7.8
A Night at the Academy Museum
as Self
2021
7.0
The Starling
as Lilly Maynard
2021
6.9
Only Murders in the Building
as Doreen
2021
8.5
Nine Perfect Strangers
as Frances
2021
6.9
Thunder Force
as Lydia Berman
2021
5.5
Superintelligence
as Carol Peters
2020
6.0
Celebrity IOU
as Self
2020
6.6
FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America
as Self
2020
4.0
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
as Self
2019
0.0
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
The Kitchen
as Kathy Brennan
2019
6.1
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
as Lee Israel
2018
6.8
The Happytime Murders
as Detective Connie Edwards
2018
5.8
Life of the Party
as Deanna Miles
2018
6.1
Love, Gilda
as Self
2018
7.2
Show Me the Movie!
as Self
2018
4.0
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Lie Detector
as Self
2018
5.5
Cook-Off!
as Amber Strang
2017
5.1
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Sookie St. James
2016
7.3
Ghostbusters
as Abby Yates
2016
5.4
Central Intelligence
as Darla (uncredited)
2016
6.4
Chelsea
as Self
2016
5.1
The Boss
as Michelle Darnell
2016
5.8
Little Big Shots
as Self - Host
2016
7.6
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
as Self
2016
4.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Spy
as Susan Cooper
2015
6.8
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
5.3
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
2015
5.3
Hot Ones
as Self
2015
7.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
St. Vincent
as Maggie Bronstein
2014
7.1
Tammy
as Tammy
2014
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
The Heat
as Shannon Mullins
2013
6.6
The Hangover Part III
as Cassie
2013
6.2
Identity Thief
as Diana
2013
5.9
This Is 40
as Catherine
2012
5.9
Finding Your Roots
as Self
2012
6.6
Bridesmaids
as Megan Price
2011
6.5
Conan
as Self
2010
7.1
Life As We Know It
as DeeDee
2010
6.9
Mike & Molly
as Molly Flynn
2010
6.7
Love and Distrust
as Tonnie (segment "Auto Motives")
2010
3.7
The Back-Up Plan
as Carol
2010
6.1
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Guest
2009
7.5
The Penguins of Madagascar
as Shelly (voice)
2008
7.4
Pretty Ugly People
as Becky
2008
4.3
Just Add Water
as Selma
2008
5.0
Samantha Who?
as Dena
2007
6.5
Private Practice
as Lynn McDonald
2007
7.5
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
The Nines
as Margaret / Melissa / Mary
2007
6.0
The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest
2005
4.8
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
as Amy Hall (voice)
2005
6.9
Chicken Party
as Tot Wagner
2003
0.0
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
as Bystander (uncredited)
2003
5.5
The Life of David Gale
as Nico the Goth Girl
2003
7.4
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
5.5
White Oleander
as Paramedic
2002
7.1
Pumpkin
as Cici Pinkus
2002
5.8
Kim Possible
as DNAmy (voice)
2002
7.5
The Third Wheel
as Marilyn
2002
5.2
Charlie's Angels
as Doris
2000
5.9
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Saleswoman
2000
8.0
Gilmore Girls
as Sookie St. James
2000
7.9
The Kid
as Sky King Waitress
2000
6.7
D.C.
2000
7.0
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Auto Motives
as Tonnie
2000
5.0
Drowning Mona
as Shirley
2000
5.4
Go
as Sandra
1999
7.0
God
as Margaret
1998
6.5
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The Jenny McCarthy Show
1997
0.0
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self
1993
6.4
The Simpsons
as Calvin (voice)
1989
8.0
Kids' Choice Awards
as Self
1987
8.7
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.1
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
7.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
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Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey
as Patsy Ramsey
N/A
0.0
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Untitled Stanley Cup Project
N/A
0.0
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Miss Nelson Is Missing
as Miss Nelson/Miss Swamp
N/A
0.0