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Melissa McCarthy

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Melissa McCarthy

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American actress and comedian

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Melissa Ann McCarthy is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer. Born in Plainfield, Illinois, she began her professional career in 1997. She is married to Ben Falcone and has two children. McCarthy resides in Los Angeles and speaks English. She attended Southern Illinois University and Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Her career has been recognized with several awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. She has also received the MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance and the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. McCarthy has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Academy Award for Best Actress, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She is included in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1969
Works
3

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Film & TV

Acting · Plainfield, Illinois, USA

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…

Known for

  • Margie Claus — Margie Claus (voice)2027
  • Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self2025
  • Unfrosted — Donna Stankowski2024
  • Genie — Flora2023
  • The Little Mermaid — Ursula2023
  • Thor: Love and Thunder — Actor Hela2022
  • Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder — Self - Actor Hela2022
  • The Great Giveback with Melissa McCarthy and Jenna Perusich — Self - Host2022
  • God's Favorite Idiot — Amily Luck2022
  • A Night at the Academy Museum — Self2021

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1970

Member of

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
41,607
Total plays
180,485

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popSoundtrackDisneyUSAmusical

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. <tt>edgeR</tt> : a Bioconductor package for differential expression analysis of digital gene expression data

    · 2009 · cited 39,714x

  2. Global cancer statistics

    · 2011 · cited 23,191x

  3. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,623x

  4. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,797x

  5. Twelve years of SAMtools and BCFtools

    · 2021 · cited 15,728x

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Encyclopedic overview

Melissa Ann McCarthy (born August 26, 1970) 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 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 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 supporting 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).

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