Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy

Birthday: 1970-08-26

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

imdb_id: nm0565250

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.

Played in movies:

Adele One Night Only

Score: 7.9

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Score: 7.8

The Life of David Gale

Score: 7.4

Love, Gilda

Score: 7.2

St. Vincent

Score: 7.1

White Oleander

Score: 7.1

Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!

Score: 7.0

Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around

Score: 7.0

Go

Score: 7.0

A Night at the Academy Museum

Score: 7.0

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

Score: 6.9

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

Score: 6.9

The Starling

Score: 6.9

Life As We Know It

Score: 6.9

God

Score: 6.8

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Score: 6.8

Spy

Score: 6.8

The Kid

Score: 6.7

Genie

Score: 6.6

The Heat

Score: 6.6

Bridesmaids

Score: 6.5

Central Intelligence

Score: 6.4

Thor: Love and Thunder

Score: 6.4

The Little Mermaid

Score: 6.3

The Hangover Part III

Score: 6.2

The Back-Up Plan

Score: 6.1

The Kitchen

Score: 6.1

Life of the Party

Score: 6.1

The Nines

Score: 6.0

Superintelligence

Score: 6.0

This Is 40

Score: 5.9

Identity Thief

Score: 5.9

Charlie's Angels

Score: 5.8

Pumpkin

Score: 5.8

The Boss

Score: 5.8

The Happytime Murders

Score: 5.8

Thunder Force

Score: 5.5

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Score: 5.5

Drowning Mona

Score: 5.5

Ghostbusters

Score: 5.3

Tammy

Score: 5.3

Unfrosted

Score: 5.3

The Third Wheel

Score: 5.2

Just Add Water

Score: 5.1

Cook-Off!

Score: 5.1

Pretty Ugly People

Score: 4.4

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

Score: 4.1

FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America

Score: 4.0

Love and Distrust

Score: 3.7

Chicken Party

Score: 0.0

Margie Claus

Score: 0.0

Untitled Stanley Cup Project

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Lie Detector

Score: 10.0

Kids' Choice Awards

Score: 8.7

Only Murders in the Building

Score: 8.4

The Simpsons

Score: 8.0

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Score: 8.0

Gilmore Girls

Score: 7.9

Little Big Shots

Score: 7.6

Kim Possible

Score: 7.6

Private Practice

Score: 7.5

RuPaul's Drag Race

Score: 7.5

The Penguins of Madagascar

Score: 7.4

Hot Ones

Score: 7.4

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

Score: 7.3

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

The Graham Norton Show

Score: 7.2

Conan

Score: 7.1

D.C.

Score: 7.0

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

Saturday Night Live

Score: 7.0

Saturday Night Live

Score: 7.0

Nine Perfect Strangers

Score: 7.0

Finding Your Roots

Score: 6.8

Mike & Molly

Score: 6.7

Celebrity IOU

Score: 6.6

Samantha Who?

Score: 6.6

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Score: 6.5

The Daily Show

Score: 6.4

Late Show with David Letterman

Score: 6.3

God's Favorite Idiot

Score: 6.3

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Score: 6.2

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Score: 5.8

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Score: 5.7

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Score: 5.5

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Score: 5.3

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Score: 5.3

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Score: 5.3

Chelsea

Score: 5.1

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Score: 5.1

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Score: 5.0

The Reichen Show

Score: 4.8

Entertainment Tonight

Score: 4.1

Show Me the Movie!

Score: 4.0

Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey

Score: 0.0

The Great Giveback with Melissa McCarthy and Jenna Perusich

Score: 0.0

Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways

Score: 0.0

The Jenny McCarthy Show

Score: 0.0