Melissa McCarthy is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. In 2020, The New York Times placed her at number 22 on its list of the top 25 actors of this century.
She has earned many major honors, winning two Primetime Emmy Awards and receiving nominations for two Oscars and two Golden Globe Awards.
Husband, Parents & Siblings
According to the reports, she is married now. She married her longtime partner, actor Ben Falcone, on October 8, 2005. They later became parents to two daughters, including Vivian Falcone.
She was born to her American parents. Her father’s name is Mr Michael McCarthy, and her mother’s name is Mrs Sandra McCarthy. She and actress-model Jenny McCarthy are cousins.
Net Worth, Ethnicity & Religion
According to the reports, her current net worth is approximately $90 million from all of her income sources as of 2025(source). She is of American white ethnicity.
Her religious faith is in the Catholic religion. She mainly has Irish roots, but she also has some German and English family background.
Early Life & Educational Details
Her real name is Melissa Ann McCarthy. She was born on 26 August 1970 in Plainfield, Illinois, United States. She is 55 years old as of 2025. Some of her family originally came from County Cork.
She finished school at St. Francis Academy in Joliet, Illinois, and then studied at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She began her career doing stand-up comedy in Los Angeles and later in New York.
She also trained with The Groundlings, a well-known comedy group in Los Angeles.
Career
She first appeared on TV in an episode of the NBC show Jenny, acting alongside her cousin, Jenny McCarthy. She had her first movie role in the 1999 comedy Go, where she played a small part.
She also voiced the character DNAmy in three episodes of Kim Possible. On April 7, 2016, she said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that she would join the Gilmore Girls revival on Netflix.
The series came out on November 25, 2016, and she appeared in one of the four episodes. In 2010, she starred in the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly.
She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and also earned nominations from BAFTA, Critics’ Choice, and the Screen Actors Guild.
She won awards from the Boston and New York film critics, the Women Film Critics Circle, and an MTV Movie Award for her comedic performance.
In 2011, after Bridesmaids, she won her first Emmy for Lead Actress in a Comedy for Mike & Molly. She hosted the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards that June and Saturday Night Live six times between 2011 and 2025.
She was nominated five times for an Emmy as Guest Actress on SNL and won in 2017. She starred in and produced the comedy Life of the Party, directed by Ben Falcone, which came out on May 11, 2018.
She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice, SAG, and BAFTA awards.
She won Best Actress honors from several critics’ groups, including New York, Boston, San Francisco, Vancouver, and Florida. In 2021, she starred in two Netflix films: the superhero comedy Thunder Force and the comedy-drama The Starling.
She also confirmed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in February 2020 that she would play the villain in another film, which was released in 2023.
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