Melissa McCarthy
{{short description|American actress (born 1970)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Melissa McCarthy
| image = Melissa McCarthy in 2018 (cropped).jpg
| caption = McCarthy in 2018
| birth_name = Melissa Ann McCarthy
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|8|26}}
| birth_place = Plainfield, Illinois, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|comedian|screenwriter|producer}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Ben Falcone|October 8, 2005}}
| children = 2
| relations = {{unbulleted list | Jenny McCarthy (cousin)| Joanne McCarthy (cousin) }}
| yearsactive = 1997–present
| awards = Full list
}}
Melissa Ann McCarthy (born August 26, 1970){{cite magazine|last1=Rahman|first1=Ray|title=Monitor|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2013/08/23/monitor-august-30-2013|access-date=April 5, 2016|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=August 23, 2013}} is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. She is the recipient of 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.etonline.com/news/170344_jennifer_lawrence_scarlett_johansson_melissa_mccarthy_top_world_highest_paid_actresses_list/|title=Jennifer Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson, Melissa McCarthy Top World's Highest Paid Actresses List|work=Entertainment Tonight|date=August 20, 2015 |access-date=August 20, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2016/08/23/the-worlds-highest-paid-actresses-2016-jennifer-lawrence-banks-46-million-payday-ahead-of-melissa-mccarthy/|title=The World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2016: Jennifer Lawrence Banks $46 Million Payday Ahead Of Melissa McCarthy|work=Forbes|date=August 23, 2016|access-date=September 6, 2016}}{{cite magazine|url=http://time.com/4299845/melissa-mccarthy-2016-time-100/|title=Melissa McCarthy|magazine=Time|date=April 19, 2016|access-date=April 5, 2019}} In 2020, The New York Times ranked her #22 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.{{cite news|last1=Dargis|first1=Manohla|first2=A.O.|last2=Scott|title=The 25 greatest actors of the 21st century (so far)|work=The New York Times|date=November 25, 2020|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/movies/greatest-actors-actresses.html|access-date=December 7, 2020}}
McCarthy has received two Primetime Emmy Awards, her first for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for playing Molly Flynn on the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly (2010–2016) followed by her win for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for hosting Saturday Night Live (2017). She has also taken recurring roles in the comedy-drama series Gilmore Girls (2000–2007) and the sitcom Samantha Who? (2007–2009), a leading role in the miniseries Nine Perfect Strangers (2021), and a guest role in the comedy series Only Murders in the Building (2024).
On film, she has received two Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress playing a comedic bridesmaid in the comedy Bridesmaids (2011) and Best Actress for her portrayal of writer Lee Israel in the biographical film Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018). She has also starred in a string of commercially successful comedies such as Identity Thief (2013), The Heat (2013), Tammy (2014), St. Vincent (2014), Spy (2015), The Boss (2016), and Life of the Party (2018). She 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 Super Intelligence (2020), and Thunder Force (2021). In 2015, she launched her own clothing line for plus-sized women, named Melissa McCarthy Seven7, and she received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/will-ferrell-pharrell-pitbull-among-2015-walk-of-fame-honorees-20140620|title=Pharrell, Pitbull Getting Stars on Walk of Fame|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=July 28, 2017|archive-date=July 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728075006/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/will-ferrell-pharrell-pitbull-among-2015-walk-of-fame-honorees-20140620|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://people.com/style/melissa-mccarthy-denim-line-reviews/|title=Real Girls React to Melissa McCarthy's Denim Line|date=December 21, 2016|work=People|access-date=July 28, 2017|language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Melissa Ann McCarthy was born on August 26, 1970, in Plainfield, Illinois, to Sandra and Michael McCarthy.[http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20472991,00.html "Melissa Mccarthy: Her Moment to Shine"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230141227/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20472991,00.html |date=December 30, 2011 }} March 21, 2011, People[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=HN&p_theme=hn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F6EE8FE466990AB&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Bob Newhart just can't stand still"] September 19, 2002, Herald News She is a cousin of actress and model Jenny McCarthy.[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/melissa-mccarthy-mike-molly-bridesmaids-240899 "Melissa McCarthy Is Having Her Moment"] September 28, 2011, The Hollywood Reporter McCarthy was raised on a farm in a large Catholic family. Her father is of Irish descent, while her mother is of English, German, and Irish ancestry.{{cite web|url=http://www.megansmolenyak.com/5-things-didnt-know-melissa-mccarthys-family-tree/|title=5 Things You Didn't Know about Melissa McCarthy's Family Tree » Megan Smolenyak|date=July 14, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/melissa-mccarthy-20871661#early-life|title=Bio.|access-date=November 20, 2014}}[http://www.lifescript.com/Life/Timeout/Entertainment/Mike_and_Mollys_Melissa_McCarthy_Finds_Super-Sized_Success.aspx "'Mike and Molly's' Melissa McCarthy Finds Super-Sized Success"] March 22, 2011, LifeScript.com Some of her forebears were from County Cork.{{cite web|last=Danaher|first=Patricia|url=http://irishamerica.com/2013/05/melissa-mccarthy-the-scene-stealer-goes-center-stage/|title=Melissa McCarthy: The Scene Stealer Goes Center Stage|publisher=Irish America|date=May 24, 2013|access-date=November 18, 2013}} She graduated from St. Francis Academy (now Joliet Catholic Academy) in Joliet, Illinois,[http://heraldnews.suntimes.com/entertainment/7792656-418/from-jca-to-cbs-emmy-winner-got-acting-bug-at-joliet-school.html "From JCA to CBS: Emmy winner got acting bug at Joliet school"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924041811/http://heraldnews.suntimes.com/entertainment/7792656-418/from-jca-to-cbs-emmy-winner-got-acting-bug-at-joliet-school.html |date=September 24, 2011 }} September 21, 2011, The Herald News and attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Her career started with stand-up comedy in Los Angeles, and later in New York City.{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/melissa-mccarthy-20871661#!|title=Melissa McCarthy Biography|publisher=Bio.|access-date=October 3, 2016}} McCarthy is an alumna of The Groundlings, an improvisational and sketch comedy troupe based in Los Angeles, California.{{cite web|url=http://groundlings.com/performers/performer-details.aspx?performerID=214|title=Melissa McCarthy|work=The Groundlings Website}} She also performed in New York City as a drag queen under the moniker Miss Y, including at the Wigstock festival.{{cite web|last=Nichols|first=James Michael|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/melissa-mccarthy-drag-queen_n_589b3f96e4b0c1284f29a87b|title=Melissa McCarthy: I Used to Perform as a Drag queen|publisher=Huffington Post|date=February 8, 2017|access-date=December 6, 2020}}
Career
=1997–2010: Early work and ''Gilmore Girls''=
McCarthy made her first television appearance in an episode of the NBC comedy series Jenny, opposite her cousin Jenny McCarthy. She made her feature film debut in a minor role in the 1999 comedy Go, and later had roles in the films Drowning Mona, Disney's The Kid, Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Third Wheel and The Life of David Gale. She also worked in three episodes of Kim Possible, voicing DNAmy.{{cite web|title=Voice Dnamy|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Kim-Possible/DNAmy/|publisher=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=August 14, 2015}} In 2000, McCarthy was cast as Sookie St. James, the upbeat and klutzy best friend of Lorelai Gilmore, on The WB television series Gilmore Girls. Throughout the series, Sookie is Lorelai's business partner and cheerleader.{{cite magazine|title=The New Classics: TV |url= https://ew.com/article/2007/06/18/new-classics-tv/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=October 2, 2019 |date=June 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828204024/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20207076_20207387_20207339%2C00.html |archive-date=August 28, 2008}} On April 7, 2016, McCarthy announced on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that she would be returning for the show's revival, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, on Netflix.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/08/entertainment/melissa-mccarthy-gilmore-girls-feat/|title=Melissa McCarthy is joining 'Gilmore Girls' revival|last=Griggs|first=Brandon|date=April 8, 2016|publisher=CNN|access-date=April 10, 2016}} The series was released November 25, 2016 and McCarthy appeared in one of its four episodes.
In 2007, she starred opposite Ryan Reynolds in the science fantasy psychological thriller The Nines, written and directed by John August. She later starred in the independent comedies The Captain, Just Add Water, and Pretty Ugly People.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pretty-ugly-people/|title=Pretty Ugly People|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=November 18, 2013}} Also in 2007, McCarthy starred as Dena Stevens on the ABC sitcom Samantha Who?.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if936a822f71d2fef8d32e57e6939774b|title='Samantha' gets full-season pickup|access-date=October 30, 2007|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=October 31, 2007|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904215752/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if936a822f71d2fef8d32e57e6939774b|archive-date=September 4, 2008 }} McCarthy played Samantha's socially awkward childhood best friend, whom Samantha hasn't seen since seventh grade. When Samantha wakes from her coma, Dena convinces Samantha that they have always been best friends. While Andrea eventually forces her to reveal the truth, Samantha still remains friends with Dena.{{cite news|last=Sullivan|first=Brian Ford|title=ABC Adds 10 Newcomers, Renews 'Notes,' 'Road'|publisher=The Futon Critic|date=May 11, 2007|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=7381|access-date=June 13, 2007}} She guest starred in Rita Rocks and on Private Practice.{{cite magazine|last=Barrett|first=Annie|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/11/16/private-practice-perfect-for-melissa-mccarthy/|title=Exclusive: 'Private Practice' makes perfect with 'Gilmore' girl Melissa McCarthy|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 16, 2009|access-date=November 18, 2013}} In 2010, McCarthy played supporting roles in films The Back-up Plan and Life as We Know It.{{cite magazine|title=Melissa McCarthy: Did You Know She Was In...? Before Bridesmaids, the Spy star had popped up in some odd places on the big screen|url=https://www.ew.com/gallery/melissa-mccarthy-obscure-movie-roles/2195263_back-plan-2010|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=August 14, 2015}}
=2011–2017: Sitcom and film stardom =
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In 2010, McCarthy was cast in a leading role on the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly.{{cite magazine|last=Bierly|first=Mandi|url=https://ew.com/article/2010/03/25/melissa-mccarthy-lands-lead-in-cbs-comedy-pilot-yay-but-wait/|title=Melissa McCarthy lands lead in CBS comedy pilot. Yay! But wait…|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=March 25, 2010|access-date=October 2, 2019}} Television critic Lucy Mangan from the Guardian commended McCarthy and her co-star Billy Gardell on some “unfeasibly delicate and charming work”, while decrying the show itself for hanging every one of its gags on the subject of their weight.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/oct/05/lucy-mangan-cable-girl|title=Gone to fat|first=Lucy|last=Mangan|date=October 5, 2010|newspaper=The Guardian}} In 2011, McCarthy had a breakout performance in the comedy film Bridesmaids alongside Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper. She received wide critical acclaim and press coverage for her performance.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/melissa-mccarthy-mike-molly-bridesmaids-2-240899/|title=Melissa McCarthy Is Having Her Moment|first=Lacey|last=Rose|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 28, 2011}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/melissa-mccarthy-the-runaway-bridesmaid-88029/|title=Melissa McCarthy: The Runaway Bridesmaid|first=Gavin|last=Edwards|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=January 24, 2012}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/melissa-mccarthy-breakout-240901/|title=Melissa McCarthy: From Best Friend to Breakout|first=T. H. R.|last=Staff|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 28, 2011}} McCarthy received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. She received BAFTA, Critics' Choice and Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, as well as won Boston Society of Film Critics Award, New York Film Critics Online Award for Best Supporting Actress, Women Film Critics Circle Award for Best Comedic Actress, and MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ibe0z8/mtv-movie-awards-winners-list|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010130528/https://www.mtv.com/news/ibe0z8/mtv-movie-awards-winners-list|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 10, 2022|title=2012 MTV Movie Awards Winners: The Full List|website=MTV}}
One of McCarthy's most memorable scenes in Bridesmaids was improvised, according to director Paul Feig.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/melissa-mccarthy-improvised-bridesmaids-bullying-scene-2021-5|title=Melissa McCarthy ad-libbed one of the most emotional scenes in 'Bridesmaids'|first=Jason|last=Guerrasio|website=Insider}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/melissa-mccarthy-responsible-one-bridesmaids-speech.html/|title=Melissa McCarthy Is Responsible for a Lot of 1 'Bridesmaids' Speech|first=Produced by Digital|last=Editors|date=June 13, 2022}} In fall 2011, after achieving fame from Bridesmaids, she received her first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on Mike & Molly.{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2011/09/did-bridesmaids-help-melissa-mccarthy-to-pull-off-emmy-upset.html|title=Emmys: Did 'Bridesmaids' help Melissa McCarthy pull off an upset? |work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 20, 2011|access-date=November 18, 2013}}{{cite web|url= http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/melissa-mccarthy|title=Melissa McCarthy Emmy Award Winner|publisher=Emmys.com|access-date=January 8, 2012}}
In June 2011, she hosted the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards.{{cite web|url=http://wif.org/events/crystal-lucy-awards |title=Crystal + Lucy Awards 2011 |publisher=Women In Film |access-date=January 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121155221/http://wif.org/events/crystal-lucy-awards |archive-date=January 21, 2012 }} She was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2012 along with 175 others.{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2012/20120629a.html|title=Academy Invites 176 to Membership|publisher=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=June 29, 2012|access-date=July 19, 2013}} McCarthy hosted Saturday Night Live on October 1, 2011, April 6, 2013, February 1, 2014, February 13, 2016, and May 12, 2017.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2013/04/07/saturday-night-live-recap-melissa-mccarthy-phoenix/|last=Fowler, Tara|date=April 7, 2013|title=Saturday Night Live recap: Melissa McCarthy brought the heat and hammed it up|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date= April 27, 2013}} She was nominated five times for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearances on the television show from 2011 to 2017, winning in 2017. In 2011, McCarthy produced a CBS pilot which starred her husband, Ben Falcone.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2011/09/next-for-emmy-winner-melissa-mccarthy-co-creating-comedy-series-for-cbs-173212/|first=Andreeva|last=Nellie|title=Next For Emmy Winner Melissa McCarthy: Co-Creating Comedy Series For CBS|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=September 19, 2011|access-date=December 10, 2011}} After her Bridesmaids breakout, McCarthy had supporting roles in the comedy films This Is 40 (2012), the spinoff to Judd Apatow's film Knocked Up,{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a328889/melissa-mccarthy-to-star-in-knocked-up-sequel.html_daughter_for_.html|first=Zakia|last=Uddin|title=Melissa McCarthy to star in 'Knocked Up' sequel|work=Digital Spy|date=July 8, 2011|access-date=July 30, 2011}} and The Hangover Part III (2013).
In 2013, McCarthy co-starred in the crime comedy Identity Thief with Jason Bateman.{{cite web|author=Brian Gallagher|url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/id-theft-gets-jason-bateman-and-melissa-mccarthy|title=ID Theft Gets Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy|publisher=Movie Web|date=August 15, 2011|access-date=January 8, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://thefilmstage.com/news/jason-bateman-and-melissa-mccarthy-to-execute-id-theft/|title=Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy To Execute ID Theft|publisher=The Film Stage|date=August 16, 2011|access-date=January 8, 2012}} Identity Thief, her star vehicle, opened at No. 1 at the box office, and grossed $174 million worldwide{{mojo title|identitythief|Identity Thief}} despite negative reviews.{{metacritic film|title=Identity Thief|qid=Q3801252}} R. Kurt Osenlund of Slant Magazine praised McCarthy's performance, writing that she "gives a performance leagues better than anything to be expected in a mainstream, early-in-the-year release, padding a typically sketched character with layers of hilarity and pathos. McCarthy owns 'Identity Thief' with a turn of limitless surprise, making an otherwise adequate comedy soar as a star vehicle. She is riveting in simply-penned moments of remorse and confession, adding tearful depth to her ace timing and formidable physical comedy."{{cite news|last=Osenlund|first=R. Kurt|title=Identity Thief - Film Review - Slant Magazine|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/identity-thief/6805|access-date=April 7, 2014|newspaper=Slant Magazine|date=February 6, 2013}} Peter Debruge of Variety magazine praised McCarthy but criticized the script, saying "Melissa McCarthy proves she’s got what it takes to carry a feature, however meager the underlying material."{{cite web |date= February 6, 2013 |last=Debruge |first=Peter |title=Identity Thief |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/identity-thief-1117949179/ |website= Variety }} She received People's Choice and MTV Movie Awards nomination for her performance.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/477644/glee-katy-perry-lead-people-s-choice-award-nominations-2-broke-girls-kat-dennings-and-beth-behrs-to-host|title=Glee, Katy Perry Lead People's Choice Award Nominations, 2 Broke Girls' Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs to Host|date=November 5, 2013|website=E! Online}} Later in 2013, McCarthy co-starred with Sandra Bullock in the buddy cop comedy The Heat. The film was released in the United States and Canada on June 28, 2013, to both critical and commercial success.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_heat/|title=The Heat|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=November 18, 2013}} With McCarthy being called "box office gold," The Heat grossed $229 million worldwide.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bullockmccarthy.htm|title=The Heat (2013)|website= Box Office Mojo |access-date=November 18, 2013}} She won American Comedy Award for Best Comedy Actress - Film, and well as received nominations an Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy and MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/12/critics-choice-movie-awards-nominees-full-list-652803/|title='American Hustle', '12 Years A Slave' Lead BFCA's Critics Choice Movie Awards Nominations|first=Pete|last=Hammond|date=December 16, 2013}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/g5l3e9/2014-mtv-movie-awards-nominations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002055000/https://www.mtv.com/news/g5l3e9/2014-mtv-movie-awards-nominations|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 2, 2022|title=2014 MTV Movie Awards: Full Nominations List|website=MTV}}
In 2013, McCarthy founded the production company On the Day Productions with her husband Ben Falcone. Tammy was the company's first project. The film cost $20 million.{{cite web|url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/melissa-mccarthy-is-hollywoods-unlikely-leading-lady-1403820340|title=Melissa McCarthy Is Hollywood's Unlikely Leading Lady|author=Ben Fritz|date=June 26, 2014|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=November 20, 2014}} McCarthy co-wrote the script for the road comedy film, which was released in 2014. McCarthy's character loses her job and her car, and then learns that her husband has been unfaithful. To get away, she is forced to rely on her alcoholic grandmother (Susan Sarandon) for transportation as they embark on a journey of self-discovery.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsinfilm.com/2011/11/07/melissa-mccarthy-striking-out-with-tammy/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609174127/http://www.newsinfilm.com/2011/11/07/melissa-mccarthy-striking-out-with-tammy/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 9, 2012 |first=Leins |last=Jeff |title=Melissa McCarthy Striking Out with Tammy |publisher=News in Film |date=November 7, 2011 |access-date=December 10, 2011 }} Although a box office success, grossing over $100 million from a $20 million budget, it received highly negative reviews from critics with McCarthy received Razzie nomination for Worst Actress.{{Cite web|url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/35th-annual-razzie-awards-nominations/|title=35th Annual Razzie Awards Nominations}} On Rotten Tomatoes, the site's critical consensus reads, "Melissa McCarthy remains an engaging screen presence, but her efforts aren't enough to keep the jumbled Tammy on track."{{cite web|title=Tammy (2014)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tammy_2014/|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 28, 2014}} Later in 2014, McCarthy played the female lead, opposite Bill Murray, in the comedy-drama film St. Vincent, directed and written by Theodore Melfi.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/melissa-mccarthy-may-join-the-congregation-of-st-vincent-de-van-nuys-with-bill-murray-20130311|title=Melissa McCarthy May Join The Congregation Of 'St. Vincent De Van Nuys' With Bill Murray|publisher=Indiewire|date=March 11, 2013|access-date=November 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109013652/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/melissa-mccarthy-may-join-the-congregation-of-st-vincent-de-van-nuys-with-bill-murray-20130311|archive-date=January 9, 2016|url-status=dead}} The film received positive reviews from critics and her performance as an overworked single mom was noted.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/st-vincent-2014|title=St. Vincent movie review & film summary (2014) | Roger Ebert|first=Brian|last=Tallerico|website=www.rogerebert.com/}}{{Cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/2014/10/08/melissa-mccarthy-cried-after-standing-ovation-for-st-vincent|title=Melissa McCarthy cried after standing ovation for 'St. Vincent' | Toronto Sun}} At the 20th Critics' Choice Awards, she received Best Actress in a Comedy Movie nomination.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/12/birdman-budapest-boyhood-critics-choice-movie-award-jolie-rebounds-1201325310/|title='Birdman', 'Budapest' And 'Boyhood' Get Key Oscar Boost To Lead Critics' Choice Movie Award Nominations; Jolie Rebounds From Globe Snub|first=Pete|last=Hammond|date=December 15, 2014}}
In May 2015, McCarthy received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/scene/spotlight/melissa-mccarthy-walk-of-fame-ceremony-1201500219/|title=Walk of Fame honoree Melissa McCarthy spies some luck in her life|author1= Jenelle Riley |author2= Marianne Zumberge|work=Variety|date=May 19, 2015 |access-date=May 20, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/article/melissa-mccarthy-hollywood-walk-fame-ceremony|title=Melissa McCarthy Dazzles at Walk of Fame Ceremony|work=People|access-date=May 20, 2015}} In August 2015, Forbes ranked her as the third highest-paid actress of 2015, with earnings of $23 million. Also in 2015, McCarthy played the lead in frequent collaborator Paul Feig's spy comedy Spy,{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/melissa-mccarthy-talks-join-paul-593299|title=Melissa McCarthy in Talks to Join Paul Feig's 'Susan Cooper'|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 25, 2013|access-date=November 18, 2013|first=Rebecca|last=Ford}}{{cite web|last=Cunningham|first=Todd|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/news/melissa-mccarthy-spy-spoof-susan-cooper-gets-memorial-193306413.html|title=Melissa McCarthy Spy Spoof 'Susan Cooper' Gets Key 2015 Release Date|publisher=Yahoo Movies|date=November 12, 2013|access-date=November 18, 2013}} a role that earned McCarthy her first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/awards/golden-globes-full-list-nominees-n493016|title=The Golden Globes: Full List of Winners and Nominees|date=January 11, 2016|website=NBC News}} The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $235 million worldwide against a $65 million budget. McCarthy's performance was praised by critics. Richard Roeper of The Chicago Sun Times called her "as funny and as winning as anyone in the movies these days".{{cite web|last1=Roeper|first1=Richard|title=Spy Review|url=http://www.richardroeper.com/reviews/w/spy.aspx|access-date=February 9, 2016}} Tom Russo of The Boston Globe credited the film's success to McCarthy, writing, "part of what makes the action comedy such a loopy blast is the identity shifts she pulls on the audience."{{cite web|last1=Russo|first1=Tom|title=Melissa McCarthy pulls off her latest comic role, secret agent, in 'Spy'|website=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2015/06/04/spy/y3xzy513n5dRSdI2zURKFM/story.html|access-date=February 9, 2016}} Bill Goodykoontz of Arizona Republic called the film McCarthy's return to form, writing "Finally, after the promise shown in Bridesmaids, but sold short since by weak scripts in films like Tammy and Identity Thief, Melissa McCarthy gets a movie vehicle worthy of her talents."{{cite web|last1=Bill|first1=Goodykoontz|title=Review: Melissa McCarthy makes a terrific 'Spy'|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/movies/2015/06/04/review-melissa-mccarthy-makes-terrific-spy/28359263/|access-date=February 9, 2016}}
In 2016, McCarthy starred in the comedy film The Boss, a film based on a character which McCarthy had created in the Los Angeles Groundlings – a wealthy businesswoman "who goes to jail for insider trading, and struggles to reinvent herself as America's new sweetheart when she's released".{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/melissa-mccarthy-ben-falcone-5-new-projects-1201245084/|title=Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone Preview 5 New Film Projects|work=Variety|date=June 24, 2014 |access-date=November 20, 2014}} Although it received generally negative reviews from critics, it grossed over $78 million worldwide on a budget of $29 million. Also that year, she played an author and scientist in the all-female reboot of Ghostbusters, directed by Paul Feig.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/new-all-female-ghostbusters-cast-767610|title=Melissa McCarthy for Ghostbusters|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=January 27, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/84854/shocker-melissa-mccarthy-ghostbusters-3/|title=Melissa McCarthy for Ghostbusters 3|work=Dread Central|access-date=November 20, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3327599/first-female-flip-ghostbusters-proton-pack/|title=Melissa McCarthy for Ghostbusters 3|work=Bloody Disgusting|access-date=November 20, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/87494/ghostbusters-character-details-ivan-reitman-isnt-directing/|title=Melissa McCarthy is playing Patty, an NYC subway worker|access-date=January 27, 2014}} The film grossed $229.1 million worldwide against its $144 million budget, making it a box office bomb with losses of over $70 million following theaters taking their revenue cut.{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ghostbusters_(2016_film)&oldid=1175357021|title=Ghostbusters (2016 film)|date=September 14, 2023|via=Wikipedia}} At the 43rd People's Choice Awards, McCarthy won Award for Favorite Comedic Movie Actress.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2017-peoples-choice-award-winners-complete-list-965632/|title=People's Choice Awards 2017 Winners List|first=T. H. R.|last=Staff|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 18, 2017}}
In 2016, she recorded the song "Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)" with Barbra Streisand which appears on Streisand's album Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway. On February 4 and 11, 2017 she made surprise appearances on Saturday Night Live portraying White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/02/the-genius-of-melissa-mccarthy-as-sean-spicer-on-saturday-night-live/515715/|title=The Genius of Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer on Saturday Night Live|last=Gilbert|first=Sophie|date=February 5, 2017|work=The Atlantic|access-date=February 6, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/melissa-mccarthy-steals-the-show-as-a-raging-sean-spicer-on-snl-142401746.html|title=Melissa McCarthy steals the show as a raging Sean Spicer on 'SNL'|last=Stableford|first=Dylan|date=February 5, 2017|publisher=Yahoo! News|access-date=February 6, 2017}} She returned to the show to portray Spicer on April 16{{cite magazine | url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/04/snl-melissa-mccarthy-sean-spicer-easter-bunny-hitler-conan-obrien-eugene-lee | title=S.N.L.: How Conan O'Brien Saved Melissa McCarthy's Sean Spicer Easter Skit | magazine=Vanity Fair | date=April 19, 2017 | access-date=April 21, 2017 | author=Bradley, Laura}} and May 13, 2017 (also hosting the latter). McCarthy also appeared in a Super Bowl LI ad for Kia Motors, promoting the Kia Niro. McCarthy played a wannabe environmentalist, who has a series of mishaps befall her such as being capsized by a whale, being charged by a rhino, and falling down a crevasse. The commercial featured the song "Holding Out for a Hero".{{Citation|title=Kia Niro Super Bowl 2017 TV Commercial, 'Hero's Journey' Feat. Melissa McCarthy [T1]|url=https://www.ispot.tv/ad/A301/kia-niro-super-bowl-2017-heros-journey-feat-melissa-mccarthy|language=en|access-date=August 26, 2021}}
=2018–present: Dramatic roles and expansion =
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McCarthy starred and produced another comedy film directed by Ben Falcone, Life of the Party. The film was released on May 11, 2018. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $65 million. She also starred in The Happytime Murders, an adult puppet buddy cop crime comedy film directed by Brian Henson. The film was released on August 24, 2018, and received mostly negative reviews and was a box-office bomb, grossing $27.5 million worldwide against a $40–47 million budget. It went on to debut to $9.5 million, marking the lowest opening of McCarthy's career as a lead.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/melissa-mccarthy-happytime-murders-crazy-rich-asians-meg-weekend-box-office-1202451694/|title='Why 'Happytime Murders' Reps A Solo Career B.O. Low For Melissa McCarthy In A 'Crazy Rich' Weekend – Update|website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Business Media |date=August 26, 2018 |first=Anthony |last= D'Alessandro |access-date=August 26, 2018}}
Later in 2018, she starred as celebrity biographer Lee Israel in the dark comedy-drama film Can You Ever Forgive Me? directed by Marielle Heller. She replaced Julianne Moore, who was fired shortly before shooting was to begin.{{cite web
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/mar/22/julianne-moore-fired-can-you-ever-forgive-me-fat-suit-fake-nose|title=Julianne Moore was fired from Can You Ever Forgive Me? over fat suit and fake nose|first=Catherine|last= Shoard |date=March 22, 2019|work=Variety|access-date=March 18, 2022}}
McCarthy's performance as Lee drew high praise. Film Journal International said McCarthy's performance is "stunning", and her previous film roles "could not anticipate how fearlessly and credibly she inhabits Lee Israel."{{cite web|last=Horwitz|first=Simi|title=Film Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me?|url=http://www.filmjournal.com/reviews/film-review-can-you-ever-forgive-me|work=Film Journal International|date=October 17, 2018|access-date=November 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401042911/http://www.filmjournal.com/reviews/film-review-can-you-ever-forgive-me|archive-date=April 1, 2019|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/30/can-you-ever-forgive-me-review-melissa-mccarthy-richard-e-grant|title=Can You Ever Forgive Me? review – horribly hilarious odd-couple caper | Peter Bradshaw's film of the week|first=Peter|last=Bradshaw|newspaper=The Guardian |date=January 30, 2019|via=www.theguardian.com}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/movies/can-you-ever-forgive-me-review-melissa-mccarthy.html|title=Review: Melissa McCarthy Is Criminally Good in 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'|first=A. O.|last=Scott|work=The New York Times |date=October 16, 2018|via=NYTimes.com}}
She received an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination, and well as Golden Globe, Critics' Choice, Screen Actors Guild Awards and BAFTA Awards nominations. She won Best Actress awards from New York Film Critics Online, San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle, Boston Society of Film Critics, Vancouver Film Critics Circle and Florida Film Critics Circle. At the 39th Golden Raspberry Awards, McCarthy won two awards: for Worst Actress (Life of the Party and The Happytime Murders) and Redeemer Award for her Can You Ever Forgive Me? performance.{{cite web | url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/39th-razzie-award-winners-announced/ | title=39th Razzie Award Winners Announced }}
In 2019, McCarthy played the lead in the crime film The Kitchen. It received mostly negative reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb. Variety{{'}}s Owen Gleiberman described the film as "just like Widows, except not as good." Gleiberman was critical of the script but praised McCarthy's fierce performance.{{cite web |date= August 8, 2019 |last= Gleiberman |first= Owen |author-link= Owen Gleiberman |title= Film Review: The Kitchen |url= https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/the-kitchen-review-melissa-mccarthy-tiffany-haddish-elisabeth-moss-1203293593/ |website= Variety|access-date=August 10, 2019}} The following year, she returned to comedy with the leading role in the Superintelligence. In 2021, she starred in the superhero comedy film Thunder Force, and the comedy-drama film The Starling; both were released on Netflix.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/aug/20/nine-perfect-strangers-review-forget-nicole-kidman-melissa-mccarthy-steals-this-show|title=Nine Perfect Strangers review – forget Nicole Kidman … Melissa McCarthy steals this show|first=Lucy|last=Mangan|date=August 20, 2021|newspaper=The Guardian}}
She executive produced and starred in the Hulu limited thriller drama series, Nine Perfect Strangers. The Guardian
On June 28, 2019, it was announced that McCarthy was in talks to play Ursula in Disney's film The Little Mermaid, set to be directed by Rob Marshall.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/melissa-mccarthy-little-mermaid-ursula-1203217481/|title=Melissa McCarthy in Talks to Play Ursula in Live-Action 'Little Mermaid' (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Justin|last=Kroll|date=June 28, 2019|work=Variety|access-date=July 1, 2019}} On February 18, 2020, McCarthy confirmed her casting as the villainess during an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.{{cite web |url=https://insidethemagic.net/2020/02/melissa-mccarthy-ursula-tm1/|title=Melissa McCarthy Talks Becoming Ursula for Disney's Live-Action "Little Mermaid"|website=Inside the Magic
|last=Muscaro|first=TJ|date=February 18, 2020|access-date=May 26, 2020}} The film was released in 2023 and grossed over $569 million worldwide against a total production budget of $250 million. Peter Debruge from the Variety wrote: "If Bailey is the film’s big discovery, then McCarthy is its no-brainer. Dolled up to look like Divine’s evil-stepsister in her glowing green lair, the comic star’s just delicious as the movie’s deep-sea villain. Her timing is impeccable, and though the part is virtually identical to the one Pat Carroll originated, she aces what’s demanded of these tricky remakes: Basically, McCarthy manages to hit every beat the super fans expect, while surprising with every pause and inflection."{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/the-little-mermaid-review-halle-bailey-melissa-mccarthy-1235620560/|title='The Little Mermaid' Review: Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy Erase Any Doubts About This Remake's See-Worthiness|first=Peter|last=Debruge|date=May 22, 2023}}
McCarthy starred in the film Genie written by Richard Curtis.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/melissa-mccarthy-stars-richard-curtis-scripted-christmas-comedy-universal-working-title-peacock-sam-boyd-directs-1235199151/|title=Melissa McCarthy To Star In Richard Curtis-Scripted Christmas Comedy For Universal, Working Title & Peacock; Sam Boyd To Direct|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|date=December 14, 2022}} She also starred opposite Jerry Seinfeld in the comedy film Unfrosted for Netflix.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jerry-seinfeld-poptart-movie-melissa-mccarthy-amy-schumer-sarah-cooper-1235295146/|title=Melissa McCarthy, Amy Schumer and Hugh Grant to Star in Jerry Seinfeld's 'Pop-Tart' Movie|first=Rebecca|last=Rubin|date=June 15, 2022}}
Personal life
McCarthy married her longtime boyfriend Ben Falcone, an actor and member of The Groundlings, on October 8, 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.gilmorenews.com/2005/10/22/melissa-mccarthy-gets-married/|author=Arieanna|title=Melissa McCarthy gets married!!|publisher=Gilmore News|date=October 22, 2005|access-date=July 30, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.groundlings.com/performers/performer-details.aspx?performerID=122|title=Ben Falcone|year=2011|access-date=July 30, 2011}} The couple have two daughters, Vivian and Georgette.{{cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/melissa-mccarthys-daughters-have-more-confidence-than-she-did/|first=Riley|last=Cardoza|date=February 4, 2019|access-date=July 31, 2019|publisher=US Weekly|title=Melissa McCarthy Admits Her Preteen Daughters Have More Confidence Than She Did Pushing 30}} McCarthy's pregnancy with Vivian was written into the last season of Gilmore Girls. Vivian and Georgette both made an appearance in the 2016 film The Boss, with the former playing a younger version of her mother's character.
Falcone often makes cameo appearances in McCarthy's films and TV series, such as a third-season episode of Gilmore Girls, The Nines, Bridesmaids, The Heat, Tammy, Identity Thief, Spy, The Boss, Life of the Party, The Happytime Murders, Thunder Force, Can You Ever Forgive Me? and Nine Perfect Strangers.
In the April 2021 issue of Instyle, McCarthy said that, with regard to politics, "It's very polarizing, but, I mean, I'm on the left for sure, though I'm not an extremist. And I think just saying like, "Can't we all just be kind to each other?" and that gets a "F— you, lady," I don't know what to do."{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Laura |title=Melissa McCarthy Does It for the Laughs |url=https://www.instyle.com/celebrity/melissa-mccarthy-april-2021-cover |website=Instyle |access-date=April 22, 2021}}
In August 2021, McCarthy joined the 40x40 campaign launched by Meghan Markle to mark her 40th birthday. 40x40 is a campaign that asks people around the world to spend 40 minutes of their time mentoring women reentering the workforce and combating the outsized economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women.{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/meghan-markle-teams-melissa-mccarthy-celebrate-40th-birthday-t227291|title=Meghan Markle teams up with Melissa McCarthy to celebrate 40th birthday in new video|work=Today|first=Scott|last=Stump|date=August 4, 2021|accessdate=August 5, 2021}}
Fashion line
McCarthy studied textiles at Southern Illinois University and was interested in a fashion career before she pursued her interests in acting. When she moved to New York City, it was to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology. One of her closest friends is the shoe designer Brian Atwood. McCarthy also spent time working as a costumer for a dance company.
In 2015, McCarthy announced her first clothing collection, Melissa McCarthy Seven7, for plus-size women. The line includes clothes up to size 28. In an interview with More, McCarthy stated that "people don't stop at size 12. I feel like there's a big thing missing where you can't dress to your mood above a certain number. Malls segregate "plus-size" clothes stores and hide these stores away from other sections of the mall."{{cite web|url=http://www.more.com/entertainment/celebrities-movies-tv-music/melissa-mccarthy-art-living-fearlessly |title=Melissa McCarthy: The Art of Living Fearlessly |work=MORE |access-date=August 20, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818152705/http://www.more.com/entertainment/celebrities-movies-tv-music/melissa-mccarthy-art-living-fearlessly |archive-date=August 18, 2015 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/melissa-mccarthy-says-her-clothing-line-plus-sized-women-will-break-all-rules-1939565|title=Melissa McCarthy Says Her Clothing Line For Plus-Sized Women Will Break All The Rules|author=Nidhi Tewari|date=May 27, 2015|work=International Business Times}} Seven7, which was developed alongside Sunrise Brands,{{cite web|url=http://sunrisebrands.com/brands/|title=Brand Portfolio /// Sunrise Brands|work=Sunrise Brands|access-date=August 20, 2015}} debuted in August 2015 on the Home Shopping Network.{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/style/sc-fash-0817-melissa-mccarthy-fashion-20150814-story.html|title=Melissa McCarthy launches clothing line|work=Chicago Tribune|date=August 15, 2015 |access-date=August 15, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.com/13289469/melissa-mccarthy-debut-fashion-line/|title=Melissa McCarthy's Debut Fashion Line|work=Vogue|date=July 29, 2015 |access-date=August 20, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/hsn-to-premiere-melissa-mccarthys-first-fashion-collection-melissa-mccarthy-seven7-on-august-13-20150805-00985|title=HSN to Premiere Melissa McCarthy's First Fashion Collection "Melissa McCarthy Seven7" on August 13|publisher=NASDAQ|access-date=August 20, 2015}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Film ! Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |
|---|
| 1998
| God | Margaret | Short film |
| 1999
| Go | Sandra | |
| rowspan=4| 2000
| Doris | |
| Drowning Mona
| Shirley | |
| Auto Motives
| Tonnie | Short film |
| Disney's The Kid
| Sky King Waitress | |
| rowspan=3| 2002
| Pumpkin | Cici Pinkus | |
| {{sortname|The|Third Wheel|dab=film}}
| Marilyn | |
| White Oleander
| Paramedic | |
| rowspan=3| 2003
| {{sortname|The|Life of David Gale}} | Nico the Goth Girl | |
| Chicken Party
| Tot Wagner | |
| Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
| Woman at Crime Scene | Uncredited |
| rowspan=3| 2007
| Amber Strang | |
| {{sortname|The|Nines}}
| Margaret / Melissa / Mary | |
| The Captain
| Fran | Short film |
| rowspan=2| 2008
| Selma | |
| Pretty Ugly People
| Becky | |
| rowspan=2| 2010
| {{sortname|The|Back-up Plan}} | Carol | |
| Life as We Know It
| DeeDee | |
| 2011
| Megan Price | |
| 2012
| Catherine | |
| rowspan=3| 2013
| Diana / Dawn Budgie | |
| The Hangover Part III
| Cassy | |
| The Heat
| Detective Shannon Mullins | |
| rowspan=2| 2014
| Tammy | Tammy Banks | Also screenwriter and producer |
| St. Vincent
| Maggie Bronstein | |
| 2015
| Spy | Susan Cooper | |
| rowspan=3| 2016
| The Boss | Michelle Darnell | Also screenwriter and producer |
| Central Intelligence
| Darla McGuckian | Cameo |
| Ghostbusters
| Dr. Abigail "Abby" Yates | |
| rowspan=3| 2018
| Deanna Miles | Also screenwriter and producer |
| The Happytime Murders
| Detective Connie Edwards | Also producer |
| Can You Ever Forgive Me?
| |
| 2019
| Kathy Brennan | |
| 2020
| Carol Vivian Peters | rowspan="2" | Also producer |
| rowspan=2| 2021
| Lydia Berman / The Hammer |
| The Starling
| Lilly Maynard | |
| 2022
| Hela actress | Cameo |
| rowspan=2|2023
| Ursula | |
| Genie
| Flora | Also executive producer |
| 2024
| Donna Stankowski | |
| 2027
| Margie Claus | Voice; also producer |
=Television=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |
|---|
| 1997
| Jenny | Melissa | Episode: "A Girl's Gotta Live in the Real World" |
| 2000
| D.C. | Molly | 2 episodes |
| 2000–2007
| 153 episodes |
| 2002–2005
| DNAmy | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2004
| Saleswoman | Episode: "The Surrogate" |
| 2006
| Herself | Documentary miniseries |
| 2007–2009
| Dena | 35 episodes |
| 2009
| Mindy Boone | 5 episodes |
| 2010
| Lynn McDonald | Episode: "Best Laid Plans" |
| 2010–2016
| 127 episodes |
| 2011–2025
| Herself / various | 5 episodes as host, 5 episodes as guest |
| 2012
| Shelley | Voice, episode: "Hair Apparent/Love Takes Flightless" |
| 2016
| Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Episode: "Fall" |
| 2017–2018
| Nobodies | Herself | 8 episodes; also executive producer |
| 2020
| Herself (host) | 13 episodes; also executive producer |
| 2021
| Frances Welty | rowspan="2" | 8 episodes; also executive producer |
| rowspan="2" |2022
| Amily Luck |
| The Simpsons
| Calvin | Voice, episode: "Step Brother from the Same Planet" |
| rowspan="2"|2024
| Herself | Episode: "The Sound of Rusic" |
| Only Murders in the Building
| Doreen |
| TBA
| Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey | Patsy Ramsey | Upcoming series |
Awards and nominations
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Over her career, McCarthy has received two Primetime Emmy Awards (out of 8 nominations) winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011 for playing Molly Flynn on the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly (2010–2016), and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2017 for hosting the NBC sketch series Saturday Night Live (2011–2017). She also has earned nominations for two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
References
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External links
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