Melissa McCarthy 1970 55
Melissa McCarthy 1970 55
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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2027 Margie Claus as Margie Claus (voice) Producer
2025 Untitled Stanley Cup Project Screenplay
2025 Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
2024 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special as Self (archive footage)
2024 Unfrosted as Donna Stankowski
2023 Genie as Flora Executive Producer
2023 Relighting Candles: The Timothy Sullivan Story Executive Producer
2023 The Little Mermaid as Ursula
2022 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder as Self - Actor Hela
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder as Actor Hela
2021 Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around as Self
2021 Adele One Night Only as Self
2021 A Night at the Academy Museum as Self
2021 The Starling as Lilly Maynard
2021 Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed Producer
2021 Thunder Force as Lydia Berman Producer
2020 Superintelligence as Carol Peters Producer
2020 FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America as Self
2019 The Kitchen as Kathy Brennan
2018 Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Lee Israel
2018 The Happytime Murders as Detective Connie Edwards Producer
2018 Life of the Party as Deanna Miles Producer, Writer
2018 Love, Gilda as Self
2018 The Box Director
2017 Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic! as Self (archive footage)
2017 Cook-Off! as Amber Strang
2016 Ghostbusters as Abby Yates
2016 Central Intelligence as Darla (uncredited)
2016 The Boss as Michelle Darnell Screenplay, Producer
2016 Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows as Self
2015 Take Flight as Self - Performer
2015 Spy as Susan Cooper
2014 St. Vincent as Maggie Bronstein
2014 Tammy as Tammy Writer, Producer
2013 The Heat as Shannon Mullins
2013 The Hangover Part III as Cassie
2013 Identity Thief as Diana
2012 This Is 40 as Catherine
2011 Bridesmaids as Megan Price
2010 Life As We Know It as DeeDee
2010 Love and Distrust as Tonnie (segment "Auto Motives")
2010 The Back-Up Plan as Carol
2008 Pretty Ugly People as Becky
2008 Just Add Water as Selma
2007 The Nines as Margaret / Melissa / Mary
2005 Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama as Amy Hall (voice)
2003 Chicken Party as Tot Wagner
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle as Bystander (uncredited)
2003 The Life of David Gale as Nico the Goth Girl
2002 White Oleander as Paramedic
2002 Pumpkin as Cici Pinkus
2002 The Third Wheel as Marilyn
2000 Charlie's Angels as Doris
2000 The Kid as Sky King Waitress
2000 Drowning Mona as Shirley
1999 Go as Sandra
1998 God as Margaret