1970-08-26 ( 54 years old ) in Plainfield, Illinois, USA
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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Movies
Margie Claus
2027-11-05
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025-01-27
Unfrosted
2024-04-30
Genie
2023-11-22
The Little Mermaid
2023-05-18
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022-07-06
Adele One Night Only
2021-11-14
A Night at the Academy Museum
2021-10-12
The Starling
2021-09-17
Thunder Force
2021-04-09
Superintelligence
2020-12-11
The Kitchen
2019-08-08
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2018-10-19
The Happytime Murders
2018-08-22
Life of the Party
2018-05-10
Love, Gilda
2018-04-18
Cook-Off!
2017-11-17
Ghostbusters
2016-07-14
Central Intelligence
2016-06-16
The Boss
2016-04-07
Take Flight
2015-12-10
Spy
2015-05-06
St. Vincent
2014-10-09
Tammy
2014-07-02
The Heat
2013-06-27
The Hangover Part III
2013-05-23
Identity Thief
2013-02-07
This Is 40
2012-12-20
Bridesmaids
2011-05-13
Life As We Know It
2010-10-02
Love and Distrust
2010-08-16
The Back-Up Plan
2010-04-23
Pretty Ugly People
2008-11-14
Just Add Water
2008-03-18
The Nines
2007-01-21
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
2005-04-08
Chicken Party
2003-10-14
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003-06-25
The Life of David Gale
2003-02-21
White Oleander
2002-10-11
Pumpkin
2002-06-28
The Third Wheel
2002-05-31
Charlie's Angels
2000-11-02
The Kid
2000-07-07
Drowning Mona
2000-03-03
Go
1999-04-09
God
1998-01-01
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