Cast & creator
Melissa McCarthy
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Melissa Ann McCarthy (born August 26, 1970) is an American actress, screenwriter, and producer. She has received 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. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her #22 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century. McCarthy began appearing on television and in film in the late 1990s. She first gained recognition for her role as Sookie St. James on the television series Gilmore Girls (2000–2007). She played Dena on the ABC sitcom Samantha Who? (2007–2009) before starring as Molly Flynn on the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly (2010–2016), for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011. McCarthy's appearances as a host on Saturday Night Live (2011–2017) led to a win for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2017. McCarthy gained critical acclaim for her performance in the comedy film Bridesmaids (2011), receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to star in several commercially successful comedies, including Identity Thief (2013), The Heat(2013), Tammy (2014), St. Vincent (2014), Spy (2015), and The Boss (2016). In 2018, McCarthy received critical acclaim for portraying writer Lee Israel in the biographical film Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018), earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She has since starred in the drama miniseries Nine Perfect Strangers (2021) and 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 Life of the Party (2018), Super Intelligence (2020), and Thunder Force (2021). In 2015, she launched her clothing line for plus-sized women named Melissa McCarthy Seven7. She received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia Melissa McCarthy, article licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Melissa Ann McCarthy
69
film credits
54
television credits
103
1944–2027 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (123)
Showing 123 of 123 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
The Simpsons
Calvin (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
Late Show with David Letterman
Self
1993Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Conan
Self
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Special Guest
2009
Gilmore Girls
Sookie St. James
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Saleswoman
2000
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Private Practice
Lynn McDonald
2007
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Kim Possible
DNAmy (voice)
2002Kim Possible
DNAmy / Gorilla Fist (voice)
2002
Only Murders in the Building
Doreen
2021
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
The Penguins of Madagascar
Shelly (voice)
2008
Mike & Molly
Molly Flynn
2010Mike & Molly
Director
2010The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
2005
Chelsea
Self
2016
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
1992
The Oscars
Self
1953The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953
Thor: Love and Thunder
Actor Hela
2022
The Little Mermaid
Ursula
2023
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1975
Nine Perfect Strangers
Frances
2021Nine Perfect Strangers
Executive Producer
2021
Charlie's Angels
Doris
2000
Samantha Who?
Dena
2007
The Hangover Part III
Cassie
2013
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Central Intelligence
Darla (uncredited)
2016
Kids' Choice Awards
Self
1987
Celebrity IOU
Self
2020
The Heat
Mullins
2013
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Sookie St. James
2016
Bridesmaids
Megan
2011
Ghostbusters
Abby Yates
2016
Life As We Know It
DeeDee
2010
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Bystander (uncredited)
2003
St. Vincent
Maggie Bronstein
2014
Spy
Susan Cooper
2015
The Back-Up Plan
Carol
2010
Identity Thief
Diana
2013
This Is 40
Catherine
2012
The Life of David Gale
Nico the Goth Girl
2003
The Kitchen
Kathy Brennan
2019
Life of the Party
Deanna Miles
2018Life of the Party
Producer
2018Life of the Party
Writer
2018
The Kid
Sky King Waitress
2000
The Boss
Michelle Darnell
2016The Boss
Screenplay
2016The Boss
Producer
2016
Unfrosted
Donna Stankowski
2024
God's Favorite Idiot
Amily Luck
2022God's Favorite Idiot
Executive Producer
2022
Go
Sandra
1999
Thunder Force
Lydia Berman
2021Thunder Force
Producer
2021
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Amy Hall (voice)
2005
The Happytime Murders
Detective Connie Edwards
2018The Happytime Murders
Producer
2018
Show Me the Movie!
Self
2018The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey
Patsy Ramsey
2026The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey
Executive Producer
2026
White Oleander
Paramedic
2002
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Lee Israel
2018
Little Big Shots
Self - Host
2016
Superintelligence
Carol Peters
2020Superintelligence
Producer
2020
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
Self - Actor Hela
2022
The Starling
Lilly Maynard
2021
The Nines
Margaret / Melissa / Mary
2007
Tammy
Tammy
2014Tammy
Writer
2014Tammy
Producer
2014
Genie
Flora
2023Genie
Executive Producer
2023
Cook-Off!
Amber Strang
2017
The Third Wheel
Marilyn
2002
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self
2025
The Jenny McCarthy Show
1997
Margie Claus
Margie Claus (voice)
2027Margie Claus
Producer
2027
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
Self
2019
D.C.
2000
Drowning Mona
Shirley
2000
Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed
Producer
2021
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Self
2016
Pretty Ugly People
Becky
2008
Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around
Self
2021
Love and Distrust
Tonnie (segment "Auto Motives")
2010Turpentine
Just Add Water
Selma
2008
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self
2021
FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America
Self
2020
The Great Giveback with Melissa McCarthy and Jenna Perusich
Self - Host
2022
Pumpkin
Cici Pinkus
2002
God
Margaret
1998
Auto Motives
Tonnie
2000
Love, Gilda
Self
2018
Relighting Candles: The Timothy Sullivan Story
Executive Producer
2023Miss Nelson Is Missing
Miss Nelson/Miss Swamp
Miss Nelson Is Missing
Producer
Chicken Party
Tot Wagner
2003
The Box
Director
2018Untitled Stanley Cup Project
Untitled Stanley Cup Project
Screenplay