Laurie Metcalf

{{Infobox person

| name = Laurie Metcalf

| image = LaurieMetcalfFeb08 cropped.jpg

| caption = Metcalf in 2008

| birth_name = Laura Elizabeth Metcalf

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|6|16}}

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| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|comedian}}

| years_active = 1974–present

| spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Jeff Perry|1983|1986|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|Matt Roth|1993|2014|reason=divorced}}}}

| children = 4, including Zoe Perry

| awards = Full list

| works = Full list

| alma_mater = Illinois State University

| relatives = Zoe Akins (great-aunt)
Hugo Rumbold (great-uncle)

}}

Laura Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalf (born June 16, 1955){{cite news |title=Horoscope |work=TV Guide |date=February 28, 2022 |page=67}} is an American actress and comedian. Known for her complex and versatile roles across the stage and screen, she has received various accolades throughout a career spanning more than four decades, including 4 Primetime Emmy Awards and 2 Tony Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and three Golden Globe Awards.

Metcalf began her career with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and frequently works in Chicago theatre. She made her Broadway debut in the 1985 play My Thing of Love. She went on to receive two Tony Awards, her first for Best Actress in a Play for her role in A Doll's House, Part 2 (2017) followed by her win for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the revival of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women (2018). Her other Tony-nominated roles were for November (2008), The Other Place (2010), Misery (2016), and Hillary and Clinton (2019).

On television, she played Jackie Harris on Roseanne (1988–1997, 2018), for which she won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, and its spinoff The Conners (2018–2025). She also won an Emmy Award for her guest role in Hacks (2022), and was Emmy-nominated for 3rd Rock from the Sun (1999), Monk (2006), Desperate Housewives (2007), The Big Bang Theory (2016), Getting On (2013–2015), and Horace and Pete (2016).{{cite web |title=Laurie Metcalf Emmy Awards & Nominations |url=http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=laurie+metcalf&program=&start_year=1949&end_year=2012&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All |work=Primetime Emmy® Award Database |publisher=Emmys.com |access-date=August 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122193314/http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=laurie+metcalf&program=&start_year=1949&end_year=2012&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All |archive-date=January 22, 2013 |url-status=dead }} She also acted in The Norm Show (1999–2001), Frasier, and The Dropout (2022)''.

In film, Metcalf is best known for her performance as Marion McPherson in Greta Gerwig's comedy-drama film Lady Bird (2017). She was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award, and a BAFTA Award. Since 1995, she has voiced Mrs. Davis, the mother of Andy, in the Toy Story franchise; she also voiced Sarah Hawkins in the Disney animated film Treasure Planet (2002). Other film credits include Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Uncle Buck (1989), JFK (1991), Dear God (1996), Georgia Rule (2007) and Scream 2 (1997).

Early life and education

Metcalf was raised in Edwardsville, Illinois, which she has said "isn't anywhere near a theatre."{{cite episode |url=http://americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/laurie_metcalf |title=Laurie Metcalf |series=Downstage Center |publisher=American Theatre Wing |date=May 9, 2011 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509085728/http://americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/laurie_metcalf |archive-date=May 9, 2011}} Her father, James, was the budget director at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville at the time of his sudden death in 1984. Her mother, Libby, was a librarian.{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB04DC7386ABC55&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |title=Mother In Edwarsville Cheers Daughter's Emmy |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |first=Robert |last=Kelly |date=September 1, 1992 |access-date=February 29, 2020}} Her great-aunt was the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Zoë Akins.{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Hooper |url=http://www.wchstv.com/abc/thenormshow/lauriemetcalf.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051108112441/http://www.wchstv.com/abc/thenormshow/lauriemetcalf.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 8, 2005 |title=Laurie Metcalf biodata |publisher=WCHS-TV|access-date=October 24, 2011}}

Metcalf is an alumna of Illinois State University, class of 1976.{{cite press release |url=https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2011/02/alumni-awards-laurie-metcalf/ |title=Alumni Awards: Laurie Metcalf |publisher=Illinois State University |date=February 1, 2011 |access-date=February 29, 2020}} Metcalf worked as a secretary while in college and has said that she enjoyed seeing a pile of paper in the to-do box on one side of her desk move over to the completed side by the end of the day. She was often so focused on her work she missed lunch. She originally majored in German, thinking she could work as an interpreter, and then in anthropology before accepting that majoring in theatre was her true passion. She has said that theatre work also involves interpreting and studying human behavior. She has described herself as hideously shy, and yet she found the courage to audition for a few plays in high school and was "hooked". She initially did not choose acting as a career, because it was unlikely to lead to regular work.{{cite news| last=Christon| first=Lawrence| title=She's No Mere Sister Act| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-23-ca-57935-story.html| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=April 23, 1995}}

Career

= 1976–1987: Rise to prominence =

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Metcalf attended Illinois State University and earned her Bachelor of Arts in Theater in 1976. While at ISU, she met fellow theater students, among them John Malkovich, Glenne Headly, Joan Allen, Terry Kinney, and Jeff Perry, the latter two of whom, along with Perry's high school classmate Gary Sinise, went on to establish Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Metcalf began her professional career at Steppenwolf, of which she was a charter member.{{cite news |title=Laurie Metcalf: Biography |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/48695/Laurie-Metcalf/biography |access-date=August 5, 2012 |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |first=Hal |last=Erickson |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518220844/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/48695/Laurie-Metcalf/biography |archive-date=May 18, 2008 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2008 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Laurie Metcalf: Ensemble Member Bio |url=http://www.steppenwolf.org/ensemble/members/details.aspx?id=16 |publisher=Steppenwolf Theatre Company |access-date=August 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914205409/http://www.steppenwolf.org/ensemble/members/details.aspx?id=16 |archive-date=September 14, 2012 |url-status=dead}} Metcalf went to New York to appear in an Off-Broadway Steppenwolf production of Balm in Gilead at Circle Repertory in 1984Rich, Frank (June 1, 1984). [https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/01/theater/theater-revival-of-balm-in-gilead.html "Theater: Revival Of 'Balm In Gilead'"] The New York Times. for which she received the 1984 Obie Award for Best Actress and a 1984–85 Theatre World Award (for best debut in a Broadway or Off-Broadway performance). Metcalf was praised for her performance as Darlene, and was specifically singled out for her 20-minute act two monologue. Chicago critic Richard Christiansen stated:

{{blockquote|There's a moment when Laurie Metcalf—who plays this poor young thing that comes to the big city and hangs out at this greasy spoon diner where the play is set—is talking about her once boyfriend who is an albino; I think it's a monologue of about five, six, seven minutes. Just to sit there and watch and hear Laurie unspool that story, it just brought tears coming down your eyes—oh, boy, it was something.{{cite news |last=Christiansen |first=Richard |title=Steppenwolf's Balm in Gilead was the best play Christiansen ever saw |url=http://www.performink.com/Archives/specialissues/ChristiansenRetires/Christiansen-BalminGilead.html |access-date=August 5, 2012 |newspaper=Performink |date=March 1, 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120221106/http://www.performink.com/archives/specialissues/ChristiansenRetires/Christiansen-BalminGilead.html |archive-date=January 20, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}}}

Metcalf has appeared in several television series, including being a cast member for a single episode of Saturday Night Live—the final episode of the show's tumultuous 1980–1981 season.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/14/arts/television/SNL-history.html| title=The 'S.N.L.' Stars Who Lasted, and the Ones Who Flamed Out| work=The New York Times| first=Gus| last=Wezerek| date=December 14, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214233933/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/14/arts/television/SNL-history.html| archive-date=December 14, 2019| access-date = December 16, 2019| url-status=live| quote=Some of the names here will be familiar only to die-hard fans; others, like Murphy, defined what was funny for generations of viewers.}} In 1981, she appeared as a feature player on the first Dick Ebersol-produced episode of Saturday Night Live following the firing of Jean Doumanian. She appeared in a Weekend Update segment about taking a bullet for the president of the United States. Because of the sketch show's perceived severe decline in quality at the time and the 1981 Writers Guild of America strike, the show was put on hiatus for retooling. Metcalf was not asked to return as a cast member the following year.{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Megh |date=September 11, 2012 |title=Saturday Night's Children: Laurie Metcalf (1981) |url=https://www.vulture.com/2012/09/saturday-nights-children-laurie-metcalf-1981.html |access-date=May 5, 2022 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}

Metcalf's first on-screen appearance was an uncredited role as a maid in Robert Altman's comedy A Wedding (1978). During the 1980s, Metcalf performed supporting roles in many popular films, including the Susan Seidelman comedies Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) and Making Mr. Right (1987), Gary Sinise's drama Miles from Home (1988), the Pat O'Connor comedy Stars and Bars (1988), and John Hughes' comedy film Uncle Buck (1989).

= 1988–1998: ''Roseanne'' and recognition =

File:Rosie O'Donnell, Laurie Metcalf 2.jpg (left) at the 1992 Emmy Awards]]

In 1988 Metcalf debuted in what is arguably her best known role, as Jackie Harris, the multiple-careered, low self-esteemed, amiable sister of the title character in the hit ABC sitcom series Roseanne, starring alongside Roseanne Barr and John Goodman. Her performance garnered four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, a category that she won three consecutive times, from 1992 to 1994. Roseanne ran through 1997; Metcalf appeared as Jackie over the show's entire nine-season run.[http://www.museum.tv/eotv/roseanne.htm Roseanne] museum.tv, accessed October 7, 2016 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113115745/http://www.museum.tv/eotv/roseanne.htm|date=January 13, 2016}}

Throughout the 1990s, she played against type in a series of darker films, such as the John Schlesinger psychological thriller Pacific Heights (1990), Mike Figgis's thriller Internal Affairs (1990), the Hollywood dramedy Mistress (1992), the romantic drama A Dangerous Woman (1993), Michael Apted's neo-noir thriller Blink (1994), and reuniting with Figgis in his Oscar-winning drama Leaving Las Vegas (1995). She also played minor roles in Warren Beatty's political drama Bulworth (1998) and the Garry Marshall romantic comedy Runaway Bride (1999).

Her biggest film role of the decade was as Susie Cox, one of Jim Garrison's chief investigators, in Oliver Stone's historical epic JFK (1991). During this time, she also had a series of guest-starring roles on shows such as Duckman (1995–1996), King of the Hill (1997), Life with Louie (1997), Dharma & Greg (1997), and 3rd Rock from the Sun (1998), the last of which brought her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.

= 1999–2007: Established actress =

From 1999 to 2001, Metcalf costarred with Norm Macdonald on The Norm Show (later known as Norm), which ran for three seasons (1999–2001),{{cite book| last1=Brooks| first1=Tim| last2=Marsh| first2=Earle F.| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&pg=PA996| title=Norm| work=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present| publisher=Random House Publishing Group| date=June 24, 2009| isbn=978-0307483201| page=996}} and later starred opposite Nathan Lane in the 2003 comedy series Charlie Lawrence, which was cancelled after the airing of two episodes.{{cite news| first=Alessandra| last=Stanley| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/14/arts/television-review-washington-monument-he-takes-it-personally.html| title=Washington Monument: He Takes It Personally| newspaper=The New York Times| date=June 14, 2003| access-date=October 8, 2016}} In 2008, Metcalf starred in The CW dramedy Easy Money, as the matriarch of a family of loan sharks. The series was canceled after three episodes.{{cite web|date=November 2008|title=MRC cancels Easy Money and Valentine|url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/easy-money-and-valentine-mrc-cancels-cw-tv-shows/comment-page-1/|access-date=October 8, 2016|work=TV Series Finale}} Through this period, Metcalf had guest-starring roles on series such as Absolutely Fabulous, Malcolm in the Middle (as Susan Welker, Lois' younger sister), My Boys, Frasier, Portlandia, Without a Trace, and Grey's Anatomy, the last of which she played opposite her ex-husband Jeff Perry. Her work on the Tony Shalhoub-led Monk and the ABC ensemble comedy drama Desperate Housewives earned her a further two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.{{Cite news |last=Nakamura |first=Reid |date=July 14, 2016 |title=Laurie Metcalf Just Scored Emmy Nominations in 3 Different Categories |newspaper=Thewrap |url=https://www.thewrap.com/laurie-metcalf-just-scored-emmy-nominations-in-3-different-categories/ |access-date=May 6, 2022 |language=en-US}}

Metcalf voiced Andy's mother in the Disney-Pixar animated film Toy Story (1995), reprising the role in Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Toy Story 4 (2019). All four films were huge financial and critical successes, grossing well over a collective billion dollars. In 1997, she portrayed Debbie Salt in the horror film Scream 2. She made a brief foray into television films in the late 1990s, portraying the real-life gun control activist Carolyn McCarthy in the NBC film The Long Island Incident (1998).[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/471388/the-long-island-incident The Long Island Incident] TCM, accessed October 8, 2016

In the 2000s, Metcalf became known mostly for her voice work in film. In 2002, she voiced Sarah Hawkins in the Disney animated Treasure Planet (2002). Despite the film receiving positive reviews, the film was a financial box office failure. In 2007, she voiced Lucille Krunklehorn-Robinson in the Disney animated film Meet the Robinsons. The film, like Treasure Planet, was met with mixed reviews. A. O. Scott of The New York Times wrote: "Meet the Robinsons is surely one of the worst theatrically released animated features issued under the Disney label in quite some time".{{cite web|date = March 30, 2007|author = A. O. Scott|title = FILM REVIEW; A Nerdy Orphan Plows Ahead With a Lot of Familiar Novelties|url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B00E1D91030F933A05750C0A9619C8B63|work = The New York Times}} Metcalf did not feature in many live action films during this period but she did appear in the raunchy comedy Beer League (2006), the Jim Carrey-led comedy remake Fun with Dick and Jane (2005), the coming-of-age drama Georgia Rule (2006) with Jane Fonda and Lindsay Lohan, and the war drama Stop Loss (2008) with Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/130517%7C0/laurie-metcalf#filmography "Laurie Metcalf Filmography"] Turner Classic Movies (TCM), accessed October 8, 2016

In 2007, Metcalf made her first appearance as Mary Cooper, the mother of Sheldon Cooper, one of the main characters, on the top-rated CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. She would reprise the role repeatedly over its twelve-season run, and in 2016, her performance earned Metcalf her fourth nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Her daughter Zoe Perry portrayed a younger version of Mary in the spinoff prequel series Young Sheldon.{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=December 20, 2017 |title=For 'Young Sheldon' Star Zoe Perry, Playing a Version of Her Mom Wasn't Easy |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/young-sheldon-zoe-perry-playing-her-mom-laurie-metcalf-1069462/ |access-date=May 5, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

= 2008–2019: Broadway roles and ''Lady Bird'' =

Metcalf ultimately relocated to New York City and began to work in theatrical productions such as David Mamet's November on Broadway in 2008, for which she received a Tony Award nomination.Hernandez, Ernio (December 20, 2007). [https://www.playbill.com/article/election-day-lane-is-us-president-in-mamets-november-on-broadway-com-146283 "Election Day: Lane Is U.S. President in Mamet's 'November' on Broadway"] Playbill. In June 2009, Metcalf starred in Justin Tanner's play Voice Lessons with French Stewart in Hollywood before beginning rehearsals to play Kate Jerome in the Broadway revival of Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical plays Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound, directed by David Cromer. The former production's run, however, lasted for nine performances in October 2009, and the latter was canceled before opening.Brantley, Ben (October 26, 2009).[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/theater/reviews/26brighton.html "Theater review. Neil Simon’s Jeromes, at Home at the Nederlander"] The New York Times.Jones, Kenneth (October 31, 2009). [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/134259-Broadways-Neil-Simon-Plays-Will-Close-Nov-1 "Broadway's Neil Simon Plays Will Close Nov. 1"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606034619/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/134259-Broadways-Neil-Simon-Plays-Will-Close-Nov-1 |date=June 6, 2012}} Playbill.[https://www.playbill.com/production/brighton-beach-memoirs-nederlander-theatre-vault-0000002706# " 'Brighton Beach Memoirs' 2009"] Playbill (vault), accessed October 7, 2016 Voice Lessons, with its original cast intact, went on to run three more times — one Off-Broadway in May 2010,{{cite news| url=https://www.playbill.com/article/laurie-metcalf-french-stewart-take-voice-lessons-off-broadway-com-191287| title=Laurie Metcalf & French Stewart Take Voice Lessons Off-Broadway| journal=Playbill| first=Kenneth| last=Jones| access-date=February 29, 2020}} another in Hollywood in May 2011,{{cite web| url=http://www.sacredfools.org/mainstage/11/voicelessons/| title=Voice Lessons at Sacred Fools Theater Company |publisher=Sacredfools.org |access-date=October 24, 2011}} and another in Chicago in May 2016.{{cite web| url=https://www.steppenwolf.org/tickets--events/seasons/201516/voice-lessons/| title=Voice Lessons| website=Steppenwolf Theatre| language=en| access-date=March 16, 2018}} In September 2010, Metcalf returned to Steppenwolf and starred in Lisa D'Amour's play Detroit.Jones, Kenneth (September 19, 2010). [http://www.playbill.com/article/detroit-a-play-about-new-neighbors-opens-at-steppenwolf-laurie-metcalf-lays-welcome-mat-com-171873# " 'Detroit', a Play About New Neighbors, Opens at Steppenwolf; Laurie Metcalf Lays Welcome Mat"] Playbill. In 2011, she appeared in the Off-Broadway play The Other Place by Sharr White, directed by Joe Mantello.Hetrick, Adam.. [http://www.playbill.com/article/the-other-place-starring-laurie-metcalf-opens-off-broadway-march-28-com-177633# " 'The Other Place', Starring Laurie Metcalf, Opens Off-Broadway March 28"] Playbill, March 28, 2011 She won the 2011 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Lead Actress, and the 2011 Obie Award, for her performance.

In 2012, Metcalf joined David Suchet in a West End production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, for which she was nominated for the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress.Shenton, Mark (April 10, 2012). [http://www.playbill.com/article/long-days-journey-into-night-starring-david-suchet-laurie-metcalf-opens-in-west-end-april-10-com-189232# " 'Long Day's Journey Into Night', Starring David Suchet, Laurie Metcalf, Opens in West End April 10"] Playbill.{{cite news| url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/evening-standard-theatre-awards-adrian-lester-and-his-writer-wife-lolita-chakrabarti-shortlisted-8306478.html| title=Evening Standard Theatre Awards: Adrian Lester and his writer wife| date=November 12, 2012| work=Evening Standard| access-date=May 2, 2017| language=en-GB}} In 2013, The Other Place transferred to Broadway with Metcalf reprising her role and earning Tony and Drama League nominations.[http://www.playbill.com/production/the-other-place-samuel-j-friedman-theatre-vault-0000013967# " 'The Other Place' Broadway"] Playbill (vault), accessed October 7, 2016{{cite web| url=https://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/news/press_releases/2013-04-30/201304301367348924211.html| title=2013 Tony Award® Nominations| website=TonyAwards.com| language=en| access-date=May 3, 2017}}{{cite news| url=https://www.backstage.com/news/2013-drama-league-awards-nominees-announced/| title=2013 Drama League Awards Nominees Announced| work=Backstage| first=Suzy| last=Evans| access-date=February 29, 2020}} She starred with her real-life daughter, Zoe Perry.{{cite web| url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/164457/its-a-family-affair-laurie-metcalfs-daughter-zoe-perry-joins-the-other-place-as-her-stage-daughter/| title=It's a Family Affair! Laurie Metcalf's Daughter, Zoe Perry, Joins The Other Place as Her Stage Daughter| work=Broadway.com| access-date=September 18, 2015}} In 2013, Metcalf starred in Bruce Norris's Off-Broadway play Domesticated with Jeff Goldblum at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater of Lincoln Center.[http://www.playbill.com/article/the-verdict-critics-review-domesticated-starring-laurie-metcalf-and-jeff-goldblum-off-broadway-com-211382# "The Verdict: Critics Review 'Domesticated', Starring Laurie Metcalf and Jeff Goldblum Off-Broadway"] Playbill, November 5, 2013. She was nominated for the 2014 Drama League Award, Distinguished Performance and the 2014 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for her performance.[http://lortel.org/Archives/CreditableEntity/13807 "Laurie Metcalf Off-Broadway"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010120323/http://lortel.org/Archives/CreditableEntity/13807 |date=October 10, 2016 }} Lortel Archives, accessed October 7, 2016

From 2013 to 2015, Metcalf starred in the HBO comedy series Getting On.Brennan, Matt. [https://www.indiewire.com/2016/07/laurie-metcalf-emmys-horace-and-pete-getting-on-big-bang-theory-1201710323/ "The Emmys Year of Laurie Metcalf"] Indie Wire, July 27, 2016 She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for its final season, losing to Julia Louis-Dreyfus of Veep. She was also the lead actress in the short-lived CBS family sitcom The McCarthys (2014–15).{{cite journal| url=https://deadline.com/2013/12/laurie-metcalf-to-star-in-cbs-comedy-pilot-the-mccarthys-657670/| title=Laurie Metcalf To Star in CBS Comedy Pilot 'The McCarthys'| first=Nellie| last=Andreeva| journal=Deadline Hollywood| date=December 31, 2013| access-date=September 18, 2015}} In 2015, she took the role of Annie Wilkes in the Broadway production of Stephen King's Misery, opposite Bruce Willis. The play premiered on November 15, 2015, at the Broadhurst Theatre.[http://www.playbill.com/production/misery-broadhurst-theatre-vault-0000014136# " 'Misery' Broadway"] Playbill (vault), accessed October 7, 2016 It received mixed reviews from critics, but Metcalf's performance was widely acclaimed.{{cite news| url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review-Roundup-Bruce-Willis-Led-MISERY-Officially-Creeps-Onto-Broadway--Updating-LIVE-20151115| title=Review Roundup: Bruce Willis-Led MISERY Officially Creeps Onto Broadway| work=BroadwayWorld| access-date=May 3, 2017| language=en}} She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, her third Tony nomination overall.

In 2016, Metcalf took a dramatic turn in the third episode of Louis C.K.'s self-funded show Horace and Pete, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.{{cite web |last1=Murthi |first1=Vikram |title=Horace And Pete explores marriage, divorce, and self-destruction |url=https://www.avclub.com/horace-and-pete-explores-marriage-divorce-and-self-de-1798186566 |website=The A.V. Club |access-date=October 24, 2021 |date=February 13, 2016}}{{cite journal| url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/07/laurie-metcalf-emmys-horace-and-pete-getting-on-big-bang-theory-1201710323/| title=The Emmys Year of Laurie Metcalf| journal=IndieWire| first=Matt| last=Brennan| date=July 27, 2016}} Matt Brenann of IndieWire praised Metcalf's performance: "Metcalf's inflections and expressions [are the narrative's] central characters; C.K.'s unflinching direction drinks her performance to the lees, to the point that Sarah's recollection of an afternoon sunbathing bristles with suspense, approaching the edge of some invisible precipice."{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/07/laurie-metcalf-emmys-horace-and-pete-getting-on-big-bang-theory-1201710323/|title= The Emmys Year of Laurie Metcalf|website= IndieWire|date= July 27, 2016|access-date= May 2, 2021}} On April 28, 2017, it was announced that a revival of Roseanne was in the works and that Metcalf along with most of the original cast and some of the producers would return for the limited series that was being shopped around with ABC and Netflix the frontrunners to land the show.{{cite news|title='Roseanne' revival may be in the works|language=en-US|work=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/04/28/roseanne-revival-may-works/101039122/|access-date=April 28, 2017}} On May 16, 2017, producers confirmed that eight episodes would air mid-season in 2018 on ABC.{{cite web|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=May 16, 2017|title='Roseanne' Revival Lands at ABC|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/roseanne-revival-abc-1202428775/|access-date=May 16, 2017|newspaper=Variety}} On May 29, 2018, in the wake of racist remarks by Barr posted on Twitter regarding former president Barack Obama's advisor Valerie Jarrett, ABC cancelled the revival after a single season.{{cite news|last1=Pallotta|first1=Frank|last2=Stelter|first2=Brian|date=May 29, 2018|title=ABC cancels 'Roseanne' after star's Twitter comments|work=CNN Money|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/29/media/roseanne-twitter-chelsea-clinton/index.html|access-date=May 29, 2018}}{{cite news|last1=Park|first1=Andrea|date=May 29, 2018|title=ABC cancels "Roseanne" after Barr's tweet|language=en|work=CBS News|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/abc-cancels-roseanne/|access-date=May 29, 2018}}{{cite news|last=Duster|first=Chandelis R.|date=May 29, 2018|title=ABC cancels "Roseanne" after show's star compared Obama adviser to 'ape'|work=NBC News|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/roseanne-barr-apologizes-tweet-comparing-obama-adviser-ape-n878171|access-date=May 29, 2018}}

Metcalf reprised her role in The Conners, a spinoff of Roseanne without Barr's involvement which premiered in fall 2018.{{cite journal|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=June 22, 2018|title='Roseanne' Spinoff 'The Conners' Picked Up By ABC With No Roseanne Barr Involvement|url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/roseanne-spinoff-the-conners-abc-no-roseanne-barr-involvement-1202415440/|journal=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=February 29, 2020}} In 2018, Metcalf's portrayal of Jackie Harris earned a fifth Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series nomination for her work on the revival of Roseanne.Giardina, Carolyn (July 12, 2018). [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/emmys-roseanne-scores-laurie-metcalf-nomination-1126623 "Emmys: 'Roseanne' Scores Two Nominations Following Series' Cancellation"] The Hollywood Reporter. The show would have a seven season run before concluding on April 23, 2025.{{cite news|url=https://people.com/the-conners-series-finale-how-it-ended-recap-11720821|title=The Conners Ends on an Emotional Note: How the Family Honored Roseanne in the Series Finale|first=Stephanie|last=Wenger|publisher=People|date=April 23, 2025|accessdate=April 24, 2025}}

Metcalf appeared on Broadway in Lucas Hnath's A Doll's House, Part 2 with Chris Cooper at the John Golden Theatre. which opened in April 2017. She received critical acclaim for her performance and earned her first Tony Award, winning for Best Actress in a Play.Lefkowitz, Andy. [https://www.broadway.com/buzz/188882/a-dolls-house-part-2-star-laurie-metcalf-win.s-her-first-tony-award/ " 'A Dolls House Part 2 Star Laurie Metcalf Wins Her First Tony Award"]{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Broadway.com, June 11, 2017. In 2017, Metcalf received universal critical acclaim for her performance in Greta Gerwig's coming of age film Lady Bird starring alongside Saoirse Ronan and Tracy Letts.{{cite news| url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/lady-bird-could-finally-send-laurie-metcalf-to-the-oscars/| title='Lady Bird' could finally send Laurie Metcalf to the Oscars| date=October 3, 2017| access-date=February 29, 2020| newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times}}{{cite magazine| magazine=Vanity Fair| url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/11/lady-bird-laurie-metcalf-on-mom-role-and-roseanne-revival| title=Lady Bird's Laurie Metcalf on the Mom Role That Hit Close to Home and Roseanne's Revival| first=Nicole| last=Sperling| date=November 3, 2017| access-date=November 4, 2017}} For her performance, she was nominated for numerous awards, including the Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Award.{{cite episode| url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/laurie-metcalf-lady-bird-oscar-nom-hadnt-planned/story?id=53413916| title='Lady Bird' actress Laurie Metcalf on Oscar nomination: 'I just hadn't planned on it ever happening to me'| first=Andrea| last=Tuccillo| date=February 28, 2018| network=ABC| series=Good Morning America}} The following year Metcalf performed in the Broadway revival of Three Tall Women with Glenda Jackson and Allison Pill at the John Golden Theatre in 2018. She won her second consecutive Tony Award, this time for Best Featured Actress in a Play.Clement, Olivia (June 11, 2018). [http://www.playbill.com/article/5-of-the-biggest-surprises-at-the-2018-tony-awards# "5 of the Biggest Surprises at the 2018 Tony Awards"] Playbill. Metcalf played Hillary Clinton opposite John Lithgow as Bill Clinton in Lucas Hnath's Hillary and Clinton on Broadway in 2019 at the John Golden Theatre. The play was directed by Joe Mantello and tells a fictional account of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign. It ran April 18, 2019, through June 23, 2019.{{cite news| url=http://www.playbill.com/article/hillary-and-clinton-closes-on-broadway#| title=Hillary and Clinton Closes on Broadway| last=Clement| first=Olivia| journal=Playbill| date=June 23, 2019}} Metcalf was nominated for the 2019 Tony Award, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play.McPhee, Ryan (April 30, 2019). [http://www.playbill.com/article/2019-tony-award-nominations-hadestown-and-aint-too-proud-lead-the-pack# "2019 Tony Award Nominations: 'Hadestown' and 'Ain't Too Proud' Lead the Pack] Playbill.

= 2020–present=

In 2020, Metcalf began performances in the Broadway revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? playing Martha. The production was directed by Joe Mantello and Metcalf starred alongside Rupert Everett. The play ran at the Booth Theatre from March 3, 2020, to March 11, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-524177|title= Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf|website= IBDB|access-date= May 2, 2021}} The production was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic with no planned return date.{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/coronavirus-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-broadway-canceled.html|title= Laurie Metcalf's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Is Newest Broadway Coronavirus Casualty|website= Vulture|date= March 21, 2020|access-date= May 2, 2021}} It was reported in February 2020 that Metcalf would be starring in a Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman opposite Nathan Lane, though this has not come to fruition.{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Nathan-Lane-and-Laurie-Metcalf-Will-Lead-a-DEATH-OF-A-SALESMAN-Revival-in-2021-20200208|title= Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf Will Lead a DEATH OF A SALESMAN Revival in 2021|website= BroadwayWorld|access-date= May 2, 2021}} In 2022 she portrayed Phyllis Gardner in the Hulu limited series The Dropout starring Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes. That same year she acted in the HBO Max series Hacks (2022) for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.{{cite web|url= https://collider.com/laurie-metcalf-guest-actress-comedy-series-emmys-hacks/|title= Laurie Metcalf Wins Outstanding Guest Actress in Comedy Series at Creative Arts Emmys|website= Collider|date= September 5, 2022|accessdate= October 24, 2023}}

Metcalf returned to Broadway in April 2023 in the play Grey House, which ran until July 30, 2023.{{Cite web |last=White |first=Abbey |date=February 21, 2023 |title=Tatiana Maslany and Laurie Metcalf to Star in 'Grey House' on Broadway |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/tatiana-maslany-laurie-metcalf-grey-house-broadway-1235330735/ |access-date=March 1, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} Metcalf costarred in Ray Romano's directorial debut Somewhere in Queens (2023).{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=February 10, 2021|title=Ray Romano To Direct Untitled Dramedy He'll Star In With Laurie Metcalf|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/ray-romano-direct-star-laurie-metcalf-untitled-comedy-1234690861/|access-date=July 8, 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}

Personal life

In 1983, Metcalf married Jeff Perry, co-founding member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company; the two had a daughter, Zoe Perry, in 1983. They divorced in 1986.{{cite news |last=Hoffman |first=Barbara |title=Different Family Values |url= https://nypost.com/2008/04/10/different-family-values-2/ |access-date=November 28, 2021 |newspaper=New York Post |date=April 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216142321/http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/item_w9i6tLe4VvkIYvBFxQZzAO;jsessionid=D0991B3F67169F95ABF3D842C77FD95D |archive-date=February 16, 2013}}

Metcalf later began a relationship with Matt Roth, the Roseanne co-star who played her abusive boyfriend Fisher. By November 1993, they had a son and eventually married. They also worked together on occasion, including in the 1994 feature film thriller Blink and the 1998 drama Chicago Cab;{{cite web |title=Laurie Metcalf Biography |website=Yahoo! Movies |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800020946/bio |access-date=November 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925115433/https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800020946/bio |archive-date=September 25, 2009 |date=September 25, 2009}} they also appeared together in an episode of Desperate Housewives. Their daughter, Mae Roth, was born in 2005. They became parents to a second son, whom they fostered at six years old in 2006 and later adopted.{{cite magazine| url=http://www.timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/movies-on-demand/58951/laurie-metcalf-interview| title= Laurie Metcalf {{!}} Interview| magazine=Time Out Chicago| access-date=September 18, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113123947/http://www.timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/movies-on-demand/58951/laurie-metcalf-interview|archive-date=January 13, 2014|url-status=dead}} On November 26, 2008, Metcalf and Roth separated. In September 2011, Roth filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. In May 2014, the divorce was finalized.{{cite news| last=Dyball| first=Rennie| url=https://people.com/celebrity/laurie-metcalf-matt-roth-split/| title=Laurie Metcalf Is Getting Divorced| date=September 21, 2011| magazine=People| access-date=December 24, 2012}}

Metcalf has described herself as a workaholic and stated that she is hard on herself during rehearsals.{{cite magazine| url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/10/laurie-metcalf-on-domesticated-and-getting-on.html| title=Stress Positions: Laurie Metcalf Tenses Up Onstage in 'Domesticated' and on HBO's 'Getting On'| first=Mary Kaye| last=Schilling| date=November 3, 2013| magazine=Vulture| access-date=September 18, 2015}} She has said that she prefers theatre over other acting media as it is where she feels most comfortable.

She has also appeared in commercials for Plan USA, a humanitarian organization that helps children in need around the world.{{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5aK6S-nQF0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/O5aK6S-nQF0| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live| title=Plan International USA – Laurie Metcalf| date=June 4, 2010| website=YouTube.com| access-date=December 24, 2012}}{{cbignore}}