Melissa McCarthy
Melissa McCarthy was born in Plainfield, Illinois, United States on August 26th, 1970 and is the Movie Actress. At the age of 54, Melissa McCarthy biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Melissa Ann McCarthy (born August 26, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and fashion designer.
She has been nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, among other accolades, as well as two Primetime Emmy Awards.
McCarthy was voted one of the world's top 100 most influential people in 2016, and she has appeared in television and films often since being named one of the world's best-paid actresses. (2000)–2007; McCarthy appeared in television and films.
Dena is the ABC sitcom Samantha Who? (2007–2009), before appearing as Molly Flynn in the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly (2010–2016), for which she received the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
McCarthy's appearances as a host on Saturday Night Live earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2017. McCarthy received acclaim for her role in Bridesmaids (2011), earning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Tammy (2014), Identity Thief (2013), The Heat (2013), Tammy (2014), St. Vincent (2014), Spy (2015), and The Boss (2016).
In the biographical drama film Can You Ever Forgive Me? she has also delved into dramatic roles by portraying Lee Israel. (2018), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. McCarthy and her husband Ben Falcone are the producers of On the Day Productions, which has worked on several comedy films together.
Melissa McCarthy Seven7, a plus-size woman, launched her own clothing line in 2015, and she received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Early life
Melissa Ann McCarthy was born in Plainfield, Illinois, on August 26, 1970, to Sandra and Michael McCarthy. Jenny McCarthy, actress and model, is her cousin. McCarthy was raised on a farm in the care of a large Catholic family. Her father is of Irish-Scottish descent, while her mother is of English, German, and Irish origins. Some of her ancestors came from County Cork. She graduated from St. Francis Academy (now Joliet Catholic Academy) in Joliet, Illinois. Her career began in Los Angeles with stand-up comedy, and then moved to New York City. McCarthy is a member of The Groundlings, an improvisational and sketch comedy troupe based in Los Angeles, California. She appeared at the Wigstock festival in New York City as a drag queen under the moniker Miss Y.
Personal life
On October 8, 2005, McCarthy married longtime boyfriend Ben Falcone, an actor and alumnus of The Groundlings. Vivian and Georgette are the couple's two children. McCarthy's pregnancy with Vivian was chronicled in Gilmore Girls' last season. Vivian and Georgette appeared in the 2016 film The Boss, with the former playing a younger version of her mother's character.
Falcone appears in McCarthy's films and television series, such as a third-season episode of Gilmore Girls, The Nines, Bridesmaids, The Heat, Tammy, Identity Thief, Spy, The Party, Can You Ever Forgive Me? Nine Perfect Strangers are here.
McCarthy wrote that "[she is] on the left for sure" in Instyle's April 2021 issue.
McCarthy, 40,2121, was the founder of the 40x40 campaign launched by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex to celebrate her 40th birthday. 40x40 is a movement that asks people around the world to spend 40 minutes of their time coaching women returning to the workplace and combating the harmful economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on women.
Career
McCarthy appeared in an episode of the NBC comedy series Jenny McCarthy opposite her cousin Jenny McCarthy for her first television appearance. She made her debut in the 1999 comedy Goth but she appeared in the films Drowning Mona, Disney's The Kid, Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels, and David Gale's Life. She appeared in three episodes of Kim Possible, voicing DNA. McCarthy appeared on the WB television series Gilmore Girls in 2000 as Sookie St. James, Lorelai Gilmore's upbeat and klutzy best friend. Sookie is Lorelai's corporate partner and cheerleader throughout the series. McCarthy revealed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Netflix on April 7, 2016 that she would return for the show's revival, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. McCarthy appeared in one of its four episodes on November 25, 2016.
In 2007, she starred opposite Ryan Reynolds in The Nines, a science fantasy psychological drama written and directed by John August. She appeared in The Captain, Just Add Water, and Pretty Ugly People later in the independent comedies. McCarthy appeared on ABC sitcom Samantha Who? earlier in 2007, but Dena Stevens appeared on ABC sitcom Samantha Who? Samantha McCarthy played Samantha's sociable childhood best friend, who Samantha hasn't seen since seventh grade. When Samantha wakes up from her coma, Dena tells Samantha that they have always been best friends. Samantha is also a Dena friend, although Andrea eventually expects her to reveal the truth. She appeared in Rita Rocks and Private Practice as a guest. McCarthy appeared in films The Back-Up Plan and Life as We Know It in 2010.
McCarthy appeared on the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly on September 20, 2010. McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Wendi McLendon-Covey, and Ellie Kemper all appeared in the comedy film Bridesmaids in 2011. McCarthy received an Academy Award nomination for her work. In fall 2011, after being recognized for her work on Mike & Molly, she received her first Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She hosted the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards in June 2011. McCarthy then appeared in Both Is 40 (2012), Judd Apatow's sequel to Judd Apatow's film Knocked Up, and The Hangover Part III (2013). In June 2012, she and 175 others were accepted to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. McCarthy hosted Saturday Night Live on October 1, 2011, 2013, February 13, 2016, and May 12, 2017. She has been nominated five times for the Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series from 2011 to 2017, winning in 2017.
McCarthy co-starred in Identity Thief, a crime comedy starring Jason Bateman in 2013. At No. 3, Identity Theft opened at No. Despite poor reviews, there were 1 at the box office and $174 million worldwide.
McCarthy co-starred Sandra Bullock in The Heat, a buddy cop comedy from 2013. On June 28, 2013, the film was released in the United States and Canada, to both critical and commercial success. The Heat took home $229 million around the world, with McCarthy being named "box office gold."
McCarthy co-wrote the script for the film Tammy, which was released on July 2, 2014. McCarthy's character is thrown out of her career and her car, only to find that her husband has been unfaithful. When she starts on a journey of self-discovery, she is forced to rely on her alcoholic grandmother (Susan Sarandon).
McCarthy created Ben Falcone, her husband. In the 2014 comedy film St. Vincent, directed and written by Theodore Melfi, McCarthy played the female lead opposite Bill Murray. McCarthy would play fairy heroine Tinker Bell in Shawn Levy's untitled comedy-adventure on November 19, 2014. She's also responsible for the film. McCarthy also appeared in Spy (2015), Paul Feig's spy comedy, a role that earned McCarthy her first Golden Globe Award nomination.
McCarthy was named on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in May 2015. Forbes ranked her as the third highest-paid actress of 2015 in August 2015, earning $23 million.
McCarthy starred in The Boss, a comedy film based on a character created by McCarthy in the Los Angeles Groundlings, a wealthy businesswoman "who goes to jail for insider trade and tries to reimagine herself as America's new sweetheart" after being released. In the all-female revival of Ghostbusters directed by Paul Feig, she appeared as both author and scientist.
McCarthy appeared in the dark comedy-drama film Can You Ever Forgive Me? on May 31, 2016. Marielle Heller's directed the film. Julianne Moore, who was shot shortly before the shooting was expected to begin, was replaced by her. McCarthy's performance as Lee was highly lauded by the Film Journal International, and she and her coworkers "may not believe how fearlessly and convincingly she inhabits Lee Israel." She was nominated for Best Actress by the Academy Award for Best Actress. Barbra Streisand produced the song "Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)" in 2016, which appears on Streisand's album Encore. Sean Spicer, the White House Press Secretary, made surprise appearances on Saturday Night Live on February 4 and 11, 2017. Spicer appeared on the show on April 16 and May 13, 2017, the former host of the former.
McCarthy appeared in a Kia Motors Super Bowl LI commercial, promoting the Kia Niro. McCarthy played a wannabe environmentalist, who has had a string of blunders, including being capsized by a whale, being accused by a rhino, and collapsing down a crevasse. The commercial featured the song "Holding Out for a Hero."
McCarthy had been in talks to appear Ursula in Disney's forthcoming film The Little Mermaid, which was supposed to be directed by Rob Marshall. During an interview with The Ellen DeGeneres Show on February 18, 2020, McCarthy revealed her appearance as the villainess.