Melissa McCarthy
Melissa McCarthy
Mike & Molly, Bridesmaids
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Melissa McCarthy won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her portrayal of Molly Flynn in MIKE & MOLLY. She played the clumsy culinary genius Sookie St. James in GILMORE GIRLS, appeared as Dena in the television series, SAMANTHA WHO? and has guest starred on CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM.
For her role in the feature film BRIDESMAIDS, she was nominated for a BAFTA, a Critics' Choice Movie Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She also won a 2012 MTV Movie Award for Comedic Performance of the Year.
She stars as Diana, queen of retail who finances her shopping sprees with the ID of "Sandy Bigelow Patterson" (Jason Bateman) in Universal's comedy IDENTITY THIEF (in theaters now). Look for Melissa in THE HANGOVER PART III (in theaters May 24) and in 20th Century Fox's THE HEAT opposite Sandra Bullock (in theaters June 28).
Her other film credits include THIS IS 40, THE BACK-UP PLAN, LIFE AS WE KNOW IT, THE NINES, JUST ADD WATER, PRETTY UGLY PEOPLE, WHITE OLEANDER, PUMPKIN, THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE, GO, and GOD.
She first made her mark on the comedy stage, performing stand-up in New York at The Improv and Stand Up New York. At the same time, she received dramatic training from The Actors Studio in New York and starred in a variety of stage productions throughout the city. In Los Angeles, she spent nine years as a main-stage member of the world-renowned improv and sketch troupe The Groundlings.
McCarthy and Annie Mumolo (co-writer of Bridesmaids) have sold a pitch to Lorne Michaels and John Goldwyn, which Paramount Pictures will release. The story follows a group of Midwestern women who set out to steal the Stanley Cup. She is also set to star in TAMMY which she co-wrote with her actor/writer husband, Ben Falcone. In addition, she is designing her first clothing line.
Born in Plainfield, Ill., just outside of Chicago, Melissa was raised on a corn and soybean farm. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters.
Melissa McCarthy at the Internet Movie Database