Megan Mullally
{{short description|American actress (born 1958)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Megan Mullally
| image = Megan Mullally by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption = Mullally at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|11|12|mf=yes}}{{cite book |title=Who Sang what on Broadway, 1866-1996: The singers (L-Z) |date=2008 |publisher=University of Michigan |isbn=9780786421909 |page=557 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCoKAQAAMAAJ |access-date=March 19, 2023 |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119115249/https://books.google.com/books?id=oCoKAQAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| education = Northwestern University
| years_active = 1979–present
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|James Thomas Hines|1982|1987|reason=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Michael Katcher|1992|1996|reason=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Nick Offerman|2003}}
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| awards = Full list
| website = {{URL|http://meganmullally.net}}
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Megan Mullally (born November 12, 1958) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Karen Walker in the NBC sitcom Will & Grace (1998–2006, 2017–2020), for which she received eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, winning twice, in 2000 and 2006. She also received nominations for numerous other accolades for her portrayal, including seven consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, winning three times, in 2001, 2002, and 2003, as well as receiving four Golden Globe Award nominations.
From 2006 to 2007, Mullally hosted the talk show The Megan Mullally Show. Since then, she has been a series regular on several television series, such as In the Motherhood, Party Down, Childrens Hospital, and Breaking In. She has also appeared in guest spots and recurring roles on other comedy series including, Happy Endings, Bob's Burgers, Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock, Up All Night, Boston Legal, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and The Great North. In addition to television, Mullally has also ventured into film, with appearances in Smashed (2012), The Kings of Summer (2013), and Why Him? (2016).
Early life
Mullally was born in Los Angeles, California,{{Cite web|title=Megan Mullally|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/megan-mullally/3030203993/|access-date=2021-08-27|website=TVGuide.com|language=en|archive-date=August 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827163808/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/megan-mullally/3030203993/|url-status=live}} the only child of Martha (née Palmer) and Carter Mullally Jr.,{{Cite web|last=Barbour|first=David|date=Nov 20, 2007|title=Frankie's Girl|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/frankies-girl-com-145569|access-date=2021-08-27|website=Playbill|language=en|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102100822/https://www.playbill.com/article/frankies-girl-com-145569|url-status=live}} an actor who was a contract player with Paramount Pictures in the 1950s. Mullally moved to her father's native Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at age six.Stated in interview on Inside the Actors Studio She is of English, Irish and Scandinavian ancestry.Stated on TLC's TV show, Who Do You Think You Are?, May 28, 2018 (S10, E3) She studied ballet from age six and performed at the Oklahoma City Ballet during high school, also studying at the School of American Ballet in New York City.
Following her graduation from Casady School in Oklahoma City,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.405magazine.com/October-2017/Megan-Mullally-Back-to-TV/ |title=Megan Mullally: Back to TV |last=Beutler |first=Mark |magazine=405 Magazine |date=September 28, 2017 |access-date=2019-05-28 |archive-date=May 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528232003/https://www.405magazine.com//October-2017/Megan-Mullally-Back-to-TV |url-status=live }} Mullally attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she studied English literature and art history. After her sophomore year, she began acting in theater in downtown Chicago. By junior year, she was performing in eight shows per week. She later dropped out of Northwestern to pursue acting."Megan Mullaly, Killer Mike, Claire Adam". Late Night With Seth Meyers. Season 5. Episode 35. January 30, 2018.
Career
= Television =
One of Mullally's earliest acting spots was on a McDonald's commercial that also featured John Goodman.{{cite AV media |date=September 2, 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-8rcPOs9r4 |title=1983 McDonalds Egg McMuffin commercial. Featuring John Goodman & Megan Mullally. |publisher=Jason Harder |via=YouTube |access-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921183705/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-8rcPOs9r4 |archive-date=September 21, 2022 |url-status=live}} She made her series debut in 1986 in The Ellen Burstyn Show. She subsequently guest-starred on sitcoms such as Seinfeld, Frasier, Wings, Herman's Head, Ned and Stacey, Mad About You, Caroline in the City, 3rd Rock from the Sun and Just Shoot Me!. She played a central character in a season-five episode of Murder, She Wrote, "Coal Miner's Slaughter", recalling in 2012, "I hadn't gotten a job for so long, and I was in a complete panic because I didn't know how I was going to pay my rent. So I get a call one day from my agent that I'd gotten offered a guest role, and it paid $5,000. I literally fell down onto my knees and testified and wept. I played some former protégée of Jessica Fletcher. It's one of my favorite things I've ever shot."{{cite magazine|last=Stransky|first=Tanner|url=https://ew.com/article/2012/03/09/megan-mullally-megan-mullally/|title=Megan Mullally on... Megan Mullally|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=November 27, 2021|date=March 9, 2012|archive-date=February 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219210930/https://ew.com/article/2012/03/09/megan-mullally-megan-mullally/|url-status=live}}
In 1989, Mullally tested for the role of Elaine Benes on Seinfeld.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-01 |title=Seinfeld: The Actresses Who Almost Played Elaine Benes |url=https://screenrant.com/seinfeld-elaine-actors-almost-cast-played/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426175228/https://screenrant.com/seinfeld-elaine-actors-almost-cast-played/ |url-status=live }} The role was eventually given to Julia Louis-Dreyfus. In 1998, Mullally landed the role of Karen Walker, Grace Adler's abrasive, pill-popping assistant, in the NBC sitcom Will & Grace. She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in both 2000 and 2006, and was nominated in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and again for the revival in 2018. She won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series three times, in 2002, 2003 and 2004, and with cast members Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, and Sean Hayes, she shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2001. She is the first of only two actresses to win a SAG Award three years in a row. She was nominated each year from 2000 until 2003 for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.
In 2005, Mullally saw comedian and actor Bill Hader performing with his Second City class in Los Angeles, and shortly thereafter brought Hader to the attention of Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels. Also in 2005, Mullally was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award in recognition of her "innovation in creative works that have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television".{{cite web|url=http://wif.org/past-recipients |title=Past Recipients |website=WIF.org |access-date=March 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724120329/http://www.wif.org/past-recipients |archive-date=July 24, 2011 }} She also appeared in the movie Rebound opposite Martin Lawrence, which received both critical and box office failure.
Following Will & Grace, Mullally hosted her own talk show, The Megan Mullally Show from 2006 to 2007. She has hosted Saturday Night Live, guest-hosted the Late Show with David Letterman, hosted the 2006 TV Land Awards, and been a featured performer twice on the Tony Awards. She has been featured in advertisements for M&M's, Old Navy, CheapTickets.com, and I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!
Mullally guest-starred as an adoption case worker for Liz Lemon in the third-season premiere of the NBC sitcom 30 Rock and returned to play the same character two additional times during the show's run. Other appearances include Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Campus Ladies, director/actor David Wain's "Wainy Days", an episode of HBO's Funny or Die, and the Funny or Die web video "That's What She Said".
Mullally guest-starred seven times as Tammy Swanson on the NBC series Parks and Recreation, in the episodes "Ron and Tammy", "Ron & Tammy: Part Two", "Li'l Sebastian", "Ron and Tammys", "The Trial of Leslie Knope", "Ron and Diane", "Ron and Jammy", and "A Parks and Recreation Special". Mullally plays the role of the second ex-wife of the character Ron Swanson, who is played by her real-life husband, Nick Offerman.{{cite news|last=Abrams|first=Natalie|title=Exclusive: Megan Mullally Plays Ex on Parks and Recreation|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/megan-mullally-parks-1010408/|work=TV Guide|date=October 1, 2009|access-date=November 27, 2021|archive-date=February 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219210927/https://www.tvguide.com/news/megan-mullally-parks-1010408/|url-status=live}} Offerman also had two different roles on Mullally's show Will & Grace, playing a plumber and chef.
Also in 2009, Mullally starred in the ABC sitcom In the Motherhood. Based on the original web series, the television adaptation focuses on three mothers. She played Rosemary opposite Cheryl Hines and Jessica St. Clair. The series was poorly received and was canceled by ABC due to low ratings after airing five out of seven episodes produced.
Mullally co-starred in 2010 as Lydia on the Starz ensemble series Party Down.{{cite web|last=Holmes|first=Linda|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010/04/party_down_proving_it_is_possi.html|title='Party Down': Proving It Is Possible To Soldier On Without Jane Lynch : Monkey See|publisher=NPR|date=April 23, 2010|access-date=March 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020205633/http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010/04/party_down_proving_it_is_possi.html|archive-date=October 20, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} Mullally co-starred as "Chief" on the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital. In 2011, Mullally began a recurring role as Dana Hartz, the mother of Penny (Casey Wilson), on the ABC sitcom Happy Endings. In the following months, Mullally joined the series Breaking In for its second season in 2012, after which the show was canceled. Also in 2012, Mullally joined the first season of Bob's Burgers as Aunt Gayle. She reprised the role in subsequent episodes along with several minor roles. Mullally rejoined the Will & Grace cast as Karen upon the show's revival, which ran for three seasons from 2017 to 2020. In 2024, Mullally and Offerman starred together as Jean and Gene, respectively, in season 4 of the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy.
= Theatre =
Mullally made her Broadway debut as Marty in the 1994 revival of Grease,{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Megan-Mullally/ |title=Megan Mullally Theatre Credits |website=BroadwayWorld |language=en |access-date=January 4, 2018 |archive-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921150846/https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Megan-Mullally/ |url-status=live }} and subsequently appeared as Rosemary in the hit 1995 revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying opposite Matthew Broderick. In 2007, Mullally starred as Elizabeth in Mel Brooks' original Broadway musical Young Frankenstein. She can be heard on the cast albums of all three productions.
In 1996, she starred in You Never Know at the Pasadena Playhouse. Mullally appeared in 2000 as Pamela in the multiple award-winning production of Chuck Mee's The Berlin Circle, for which she won both the LA Weekly Theatre Award and the Backstage West Garland Award. Mullally starred as Beverly in the acclaimed production of Adam Bock's The Receptionist at the Odyssey Theatre (notably, the longest sold-out run of a show in that theatre's history), for which she was awarded the 2010 Backstage West Garland Award for Best Performance by an Actress. On 3 April 2014, she portrayed Miss Adelaide in a one night only concert of Guys and Dolls opposite Nathan Lane, Sierra Boggess and Patrick Wilson at Carnegie Hall
From April 13 to June 1, 2014, Mullally starred alongside her real-life husband, Nick Offerman, in Annapurna at the off-Broadway Acorn Theatre on New York's 42nd Street Theatre Row.{{cite web |url=http://www.broadway.com/shows/annapurna/ |title=Annapurna - Off-Broadway Tickets |website=Broadway.com |access-date=2016-10-26 |archive-date=September 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927125243/http://www.broadway.com/shows/annapurna/ |url-status=live }} In 2014 Mullally starred in the Broadway performance of It's Only a Play with F. Murray Abraham, Matthew Broderick, Stockard Channing, Rupert Grint, Nathan Lane and Micah Stock. The show opened at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on October 9, 2014, and played through January 18, 2015. It then opened at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on January 23, 2015, and closed on June 7, 2015. The show played 48 previews and 274 performances.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/its-only-a-play-497345|title=It's Only a Play – Broadway Play – Original|website=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=Nov 18, 2019|archive-date=June 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602072739/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/its-only-a-play-497345|url-status=live}} In June 2021, Mullally was set to appear as "Reno Sweeney" in Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre in London for a strictly limited season, but had to pull out due to an injury.
= Music =
Mullally is a member of the band Supreme Music Program.{{cite web|url=http://www.supremeprogram.com/ |title=Megan Mullally and Supreme Music Program. NEW CD: Free Again! On iTunes, CDBaby.com, DigStation.com |website=SupremeProgram.com |access-date=2013-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312054946/http://www.supremeprogram.com/freeagain.html |archive-date=March 12, 2013}} SMP has released three albums:{{cite web |last=Quintos |first=Michael L. |title=BWW Reviews: MEGAN MULLALLY & Supreme Music Program at OCPAC |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/costa-mesa/article/BWW-Reviews-MEGAN-MULLALLY-Supreme-Music-Program-at-OCPAC-20101009 |website=BroadwayWorld |access-date=November 27, 2021 |date=October 9, 2010 |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127031001/https://www.broadwayworld.com/costa-mesa/article/BWW-Reviews-MEGAN-MULLALLY-Supreme-Music-Program-at-OCPAC-20101009 |url-status=live }} The Sweetheart Break-In, Big as a Berry and Free Again!.{{cite web|url=http://www.supremeprogram.com/bigasaberry.html |title=Megan Mullally and Supreme Music Program: Big as a Berry CD Information |website=SupremeProgram.com |date=2003-12-31 |access-date=2013-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303145443/http://www.supremeprogram.com/bigasaberry.html |archive-date=March 3, 2013}} Mullally and Stephanie Hunt formed the band Nancy and Beth in 2012.{{cite web |last=Vincentelli |first=Elisabeth |title=Megan Mullally and Stephanie Hunt's Choreographed Antics Are Giving Cabaret a Jolt |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/arts/music/nancy-and-beth-megan-mullally-stephanie-hunt.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=November 27, 2021 |date=May 13, 2019 |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127031000/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/arts/music/nancy-and-beth-megan-mullally-stephanie-hunt.html |url-status=live }} They went on tour in March 2013, along with Mullally's husband, Offerman. Nancy and Beth performed at Lincoln Center as part of its American Songbook Series on February 13, 2019, and toured the US in April and May 2019, beginning in Los Angeles and ending in New York City.{{cite magazine |last=Betts |first=Stephen L. |title=Megan Mullally, Stephanie Hunt's Nancy and Beth Duo Plot Spring Tour |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/megan-mullally-stephanie-hunts-nancy-and-beth-tour-dates-779207/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=November 27, 2021 |date=January 15, 2019 |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127031000/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/megan-mullally-stephanie-hunts-nancy-and-beth-tour-dates-779207/ |url-status=live }} The band subsequently toured Australia in June 2019, beginning in Hobart and ending in Brisbane.{{cite web |last=Milligan |first=Kaitlin |title=Megan Mullally's Band Nancy And Beth Announce First Australian Tour |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Megan-Mullallys-Band-Nancy-And-Beth-Announce-First-Australian-Tour-20181217 |website=BroadwayWorld |access-date=November 27, 2021 |date=December 17, 2018 |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127031003/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Megan-Mullallys-Band-Nancy-And-Beth-Announce-First-Australian-Tour-20181217 |url-status=live }}nancyandbeth.com
= Film =
Mullally has appeared in Marc Forster's Sundance competition entry Everything Put Together, Anywhere but Here with Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman, About Last Night with Demi Moore and Rob Lowe, Speaking of Sex with James Spader, and Stealing Harvard with Tom Green and Jason Lee. Mullally played a singing teacher in the 2009 film remake of Fame,{{cite web |last=Diamond |first=Robert |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Allen_Mullally_Grammer_Dutton_Neuwirth_Join_FAME_Film_Remake_20081130 |title=Allen, Mullally, Grammer, Dutton & Neuwirth Join FAME Film Remake |website=BroadwayWorld |date=2009-09-25 |access-date=2013-03-26 |archive-date=December 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202012117/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Allen_Mullally_Grammer_Dutton_Neuwirth_Join_FAME_Film_Remake_20081130 |url-status=live }} and can be heard on the soundtrack recording. Additionally, Mullally sang the song "Long John Blues" (performed on-screen by Kristen Bell) in 2010's Burlesque. She played one of the leads' mothers in the 2013 indie film The Kings of Summer and Mrs. Van Camp in the movie G.B.F. Mullally played Barb Fleming in the 2016 film Why Him? In 2017, Mullally appeared in Janicza Bravo's first full-length feature, Lemon, which debuted at Sundance Film Festival.{{cite news |last1=D'Arcy |first1=David |title='Lemon': Review |url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/lemon-review/5114071.article |work=Screen Daily |date=January 23, 2017 |access-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-date=August 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806162531/https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/lemon-review/5114071.article |url-status=live }}
In August 2021, Bleecker Street and Stage 6 Films picked up the worldwide rights to James Ponsoldt's coming of age film Summering, starring Mullally alongside Sarah Cooper.{{cite web |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |title=Bleecker Street Nabs Megan Mullally, Sarah Cooper's 'Summering' Drama |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bleecker-street-summering-drama-megan-mullally-sarah-coopers-1234995430/ |date=Aug 10, 2021 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810171357/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bleecker-street-summering-drama-megan-mullally-sarah-coopers-1234995430/ |url-status=live }} On October 6, 2023, A24's Dicks: The Musical was released, starring Mullally{{cite web |last=Levitt |first=Barry |title=Nothing Can Prepare You for Megan Mullally in 'Dicks: The Musical' |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/dicks-the-musical-nothing-can-prepare-you-for-megan-mullallys-absurdity/ |date=Sep 9, 2023 |work=The Daily Beast |access-date=November 24, 2023 |archive-date=November 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124072223/https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/dicks-the-musical-nothing-can-prepare-you-for-megan-mullallys-absurdity/ |url-status=live }} alongside Nathan Lane, Megan Thee Stallion, and the movie's writers, Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson. The movie musical is an R-rated twist on The Parent Trap, where two grown men discover they are identical twins separated at birth, and plot to switch places in order to get their parents back together. Mullally plays "Evelyn", the boys' mother. She can be heard singing her songs on the movie's soundtrack recording.
Published works
Mullally and husband Nick Offerman wrote The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, published by Dutton on October 2, 2018. The book is a New York Times Bestseller. The two reveal the full story behind their romance in chapters on religion, family, and more.{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555344/the-greatest-love-story-ever-told-by-megan-mullally-and-nick-offerman/9781101986677|title=The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman: 9781101986691|website=Penguin Random House|access-date=Nov 18, 2019|archive-date=June 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625000029/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555344/the-greatest-love-story-ever-told-by-megan-mullally-and-nick-offerman/9781101986677/|url-status=live}}
Personal life
Mullally's first marriage was to James Thomas Hines in 1982 at Los Angeles, they separated without having children, and their divorce finalized in 1987 at the same city.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/451965923/?terms=%22carter%2Bmullally%22/|title=Megan Mullally Weds James Thomas Hines|newspaper=The Daily Oklahoman|via=Newspapers.com|date=November 1, 1982|access-date=May 13, 2021|archive-date=May 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513204253/https://www.newspapers.com/image/451965923/?terms=%22carter%2Bmullally%22/|url-status=live}} A few years later in 1992 she married Michael Katcher, a talent agent, at Los Angeles, they separated without dissent, and their divorce was finalized in 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.superiorpics.com/megan_mullally/|title=The Megan Mullally Picture Pages|website=SuperiorPics.com|access-date=March 26, 2013}}{{Cite web |title=Megan Mullally |url=https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/megan-mullally-birth-1958/192892896 |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=AncientFaces |language=en}} Mullally met actor and future husband Nick Offerman in 2000 while acting in The Berlin Circle,{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/29/nick-offerman_n_3355578.html|title=Nick Offerman Talks Costarring with Wife Megan Mullally|date=May 29, 2013|work=Huffington Post|access-date=January 4, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=September 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910191917/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/29/nick-offerman_n_3355578.html|url-status=live}} a play produced by the Evidence Room Theatre Company, and she married for a third time, three years later in 2003.{{Cite web |title=Nicholas David Offerman |url=https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/nicholas-david-offerman-birth-1970/192892646 |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=AncientFaces |language=en}}
While they were dating, Offerman appeared in a guest role on Will & Grace, in a 2001 Thanksgiving episode. Offerman appeared again, in a different role, in the season 9 episode "Friends and Lover". The couple have also appeared together in films such as The Kings of Summer and Smashed and the television series Parks and Recreation and The Umbrella Academy, and they also performed voice work together in Bob's Burgers, Hotel Transylvania 2, and The Great North. In 2019, they launched the podcast In Bed with Nick and Megan, discussing their personal lives and interviewing guests.{{Cite web|first=Natalie|last=Finn|date=June 26, 2020|title=The Naked Truth About Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally's Enviable Love Story|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1165036/the-naked-truth-about-nick-offerman-and-megan-mullallys-enviable-love-story|access-date=January 7, 2022|website=E! Online|archive-date=January 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107154245/https://www.eonline.com/news/1165036/the-naked-truth-about-nick-offerman-and-megan-mullallys-enviable-love-story|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=In Bed with Nick and Megan podcast on Earwolf|url=https://www.earwolf.com/show/in-bed-with-nick-offerman-and-megan-mullally/|access-date=2022-01-07|website=www.earwolf.com|language=en-US|archive-date=January 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107154245/https://www.earwolf.com/show/in-bed-with-nick-offerman-and-megan-mullally/|url-status=dead}} In 1999, Mullally commented in an interview in The Advocate magazine, "I consider myself bisexual, and my philosophy is, everyone innately is."{{cite web |last=Bardin |first=Brantley |date=November 23, 1999 |title=The Advocate's 25 Coolest Women |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sGQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22megan+mullally%22+bisexual&pg=PA35 |accessdate=March 11, 2012 |work=The Advocate}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role |
|---|
| 1983
| Call Girl |
| 1985
| Suzette |
| 1986
| Jessica Lollar |
| 1986
| Pat |
| 1986
| Louise |
| 1991
| Dolores |
| 1999
| Woman Buying Car |
| 1999
| Best Man in Grass Creek | Co-Worker |
| 2000
| Barbie |
| 2001
| Kimmy Miley |
| 2001
| Jennifer Klink |
| 2002
| Patty Plummer |
| 2004
| Adele |
| 2005
| Rebound | Principal Walsh |
| 2006
| New York | Jasmine |
| 2007
| Trudy |
| 2009
| Fame | Fran Rowan |
| 2010
| New York 2 | Jasmine |
| 2010
| Nikki's singing voice |
| 2012
| Principal Barnes |
| 2012
|What to Expect When You're Expecting | Cameo |
| 2013
| Mrs. Keenan |
| 2013
| G.B.F. | Mrs. Van Camp |
| 2014
| Aunt Kimberley |
| 2014
| Lucienne |
| 2014
| Patricia |
| 2014
| New York 3 | Jasmine |
| 2014
| Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | Nina |
| 2015
| Linda Loughran |
| 2016
| Why Him? | Barb Fleming |
| 2017
| Lemon | Simone |
| 2017
| Hester |
| 2017
| Mrs. Sestero |
| 2017
| Oh Lucy! | Hannah |
| 2019
| Judy Toll |
| 2022
| Stacie |
| 2022
| Crush | Angie Evans |
| 2023
| Marjory |
| 2023
| Evelyn |
| 2024
| Alice |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 1981
| Sharon | Television film |
| 1985
| Cathy | Television film |
| 1986
| Posy Peasley | Episode: "Pecos Bill" |
| 1986
| Lilah | Episode: "Under the Biltmore Clock" |
| 1986–1987
| {{sortname|The|Ellen Burstyn Show}} | Molly Brewer Ross | 13 episodes |
| 1988
| Molly Connors | Episode: "Coal Miner's Slaughter" |
| 1989
| Bride | Episode: "The Hat That Fell from Space" |
| 1989
| Cindy | Episode: "The World: Part 2" |
| 1990
| Wings | Cindy | Episode: "There Once Was a Girl from Nantucket" |
| 1990
| Ava Zieff | Television film |
| 1991
| Molly | Episode: "Molly and Me" |
| 1991
| Susan Valentine | 6 episodes |
| 1991
| Yvonne | Episode: "Fatal Distraction" |
| 1992
| Ballerina (voice) | Television film |
| 1992
| Pearl (voice) | 6 episodes |
| 1992
| Becky Jo | 13 episodes |
| 1993
| Pebbles Flintstone (voice) | Television film |
| 1993
| Seinfeld | Betsy | Episode: "The Implant" |
| 1993
| Additional voices | Television film |
| 1993
| A Flintstone Family Christmas | Pebbles Flintstone (voice) | Television film |
| 1994
| Cindy (voice) | Episode: "House and Garden" |
| 1994
| Couples | Beth | Television film |
| 1997
| Wendy | Episode: "Where My Third Nepal Is Sheriff" |
| 1997
| Frasier | Beth Armstrong | Episode: "Four for the Seesaw" |
| 1997
| Jane | Episode: "Guardianhood" |
| 1997
| Vanessa | Episode: "He Ain't Famous, He's My Brother" |
| 1997
| Vanessa Cassidy | Episode: "Caroline and the Decanter" |
| 1997
| Additional voices | Episode: "The True Face of a Monster" |
| 1998
| Stephanie Griffin-Cooper | Episode: "Amblushed" |
| 1998
| Winchell | June Winchell | Television film |
| 1998–2006, 2017–2020 | Main role; 244 episodes |
| 2000
| Renata Albright | Episode: "Les Liaisons Dickgereuses" |
| 2002
| Teresa (voice) | Episode: "Beer and Loathing" |
| 2002
| The Pact | Melanie Gold | Television film |
| 2003
| 40 Greatest Men in Country Music | Herself (host) | 3 episodes |
| 2004
| Host | Episode: "Megan Mullally/Clay Aiken" |
| 2006
| Pink Quack (voice) | Episode: "Quack Quack/One Duck Two Many" |
| 2006
| Barney's Mother (voice) | 2 episodes (uncredited) |
| 2006
| Ms. Powell | Episode: "The Dare" |
| 2006–2007
| {{Sortname|The|Megan Mullally Show}} | Herself (host) | 71 episodes |
| 2007
| Renata Hill | Episode: "The Bride Wore Blood" |
| 2008
| Bad Mother's Handbook | Nan | Television film |
| 2008
| {{sortname|The|New Adventures of Old Christine}} | Margaret | Episode: "Unidentified Funk" |
| 2008–2013
| 30 Rock | Bev | 3 episodes |
| 2008–2016
| Chief | 60 episodes |
| 2009
| Rosemary | 7 episodes |
| 2009–2015, 2020
| Tammy Swanson II | 9 episodes |
| 2010, 2023
| Lydia Dunfree | 11 episodes |
| 2011–present
| Gayle Genarro / Various voices | 24 episodes |
| 2011–2013
| Dana Hartz | 3 episodes |
| 2012
| Shayna Mund | 2 episodes |
| 2012
| Veronica Mann | 13 episodes |
| 2012–2015
| Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja | Mrs. Marilyn Driscoll (voice) | 9 episodes |
| 2013
| Rose Stevens (voice) | 10 episodes |
| 2013
| Franny Marshall | 3 episodes |
| 2013–2015
| Axe Cop | Anita / Various voices | 13 episodes |
| 2013–2016
| Miss Nettle (voice) | 3 episodes |
| 2014
| Cricket | 2 episodes |
| 2015
| Leanne | 7 episodes |
| 2016
| Mary-Lynn | Episode: "Annulled Roommate Pill Shower" |
| 2017
| Director Stevens | Episode: "Bob" |
| 2019
| 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards | Herself (host) | Television special |
| 2021–present
| Alyson Lefebvrere (voice) | Recurring role |
| 2021–2024
| Sarah Wiggum (voice) | 5 episodes |
| 2022
| 37th Independent Spirit Awards | Herself (co-host) | Television special |
| 2022
| Anna | Episode: "Run" |
| 2022
| Judge (voice) | Episode: "The Three Fs" |
| 2023–2024
| Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Alecto | 3 episodes |
| 2024
| Dr. Jean Thibedeau | 6 episodes |
| 2025
| Lori Milsap | 8 episodes |
Awards and nominations
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References
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External links
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