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Melissa McCarthy
Melissa Ann McCarthy is an American actress, comedian, 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 i…
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Born 26 August 1970 · Q229048
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 1 entry
The Guardian: Saturday Night Live: Melissa McCarthy hosts for sixth time but laughs are sparse
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2023· 2 entries
The Guardian: Melissa McCarthy: ‘I spend a lot of my work shredding people’
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And grossed over $569 million worldwide against a total production budget of $250 million
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2022· 2 entries
The Guardian: God’s Favorite Idiot review – Melissa McCarthy has a divine gift for lifting the spirits
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Co-starred with Ben Falcone in the Netflix comedy series, God's Favorite Idiot
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2021· 6 entries
The Guardian: Spy: rip-roaring Melissa McCarthy comedy subverts chauvinistic action movie tropes
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The Guardian: The Starling review – toe-curlingly embarrassing Melissa McCarthy drama
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The Guardian: Nine Perfect Strangers review – forget Nicole Kidman … Melissa McCarthy steals this show
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The Guardian: Thunder Force review – Melissa McCarthy gets superstrength in rote superhero comedy
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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.
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Starred in the superhero comedy film Thunder Force, and the comedy-drama film The Starling; both were released on Netflix
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2020· 3 entries
The Guardian: Melissa McCarthy's 20 best films – ranked!
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McCarthy confirmed her casting as the villainess during an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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The New York Times ranked her #22 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century
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2019· 2 entries
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
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McCarthy played the lead in the crime film The Kitchen
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2018· 4 entries
And received mostly negative reviews and was a box-office bomb, grossing $27
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Won Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for The Happytime Murders (2018).
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Awarded The Razzie Redeemer Award for Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018).
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Starred as celebrity biographer Lee Israel in the dark comedy-drama film Can You Ever Forgive Me
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2017· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live (2017).
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2016· 7 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Actress Melissa McCarthy admitted that the TV sitcom Mike & Molly was cancelled due to her weight loss.” False.
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Awarded MTV Comedic Genius Award (2016).
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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
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“s revival, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, on Netflix. 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. Also in 2007, McCarthy starred as Dena Stevens on the ABC sitcom Samantha Who? McCarthy played Samantha”
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And she has been featured multiple times in annual rankings of the highest-paid actresses in the world
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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
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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 reinve
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2015· 3 entries
McCarthy announced her first clothing collection, Melissa McCarthy Seven7, for plus-size women
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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
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McCarthy played the lead in frequent collaborator Paul Feig's spy comedy Spy, a role that earned McCarthy her first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
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2014· 1 entry
McCarthy played the female lead, opposite Bill Murray, in the comedy-drama film St
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2013· 3 entries
McCarthy founded the production company On the Day Productions with her husband Ben Falcone
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McCarthy co-starred in the crime comedy Identity Thief with Jason Bateman
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McCarthy co-starred with Sandra Bullock in the buddy cop comedy The Heat
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance for Bridesmaids (2012).
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2011· 5 entries
April 6, 2013, February 1, 2014, February 13, 2016, May 12, 2017 and December 6, 2025
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Mike & Molly (2011).
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McCarthy produced a CBS pilot which starred her husband, Ben Falcone
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McCarthy had a breakout performance in the comedy film Bridesmaids alongside Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper
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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)
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2010· 2 entries
McCarthy played supporting roles in films The Back-up Plan and Life as We Know It
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McCarthy was cast in a leading role on the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly
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2007· 2 entries
McCarthy starred as Dena Stevens on the ABC sitcom Samantha Who
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Starred opposite Ryan Reynolds in the science fantasy psychological thriller The Nines, written and directed by John August
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2000· 1 entry
McCarthy was cast as Sookie St
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1970· 2 entries
In Plainfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago
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Born 1970-08-26.
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