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American extra, comedian, and singer

Megan Mullally

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Mullally at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con

Born (1958-xi-12) November 12, 1958 (age 63) [1]

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Education Northwestern University
Occupation
  • Actress
  • comedian
  • vocalist
Years agile 1979–nowadays
Spouse(s)

James Thomas Hines

(m. 1982, divorced)


Michael A. Katcher

(m. 1992; div. 1996)


Nick Offerman

(m. 2003)

Website meganmullally.net

Megan Mullally (born November 12, 1958) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She is best known for playing Karen Walker on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace (1998–2006, 2017–2020), for which she received viii Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a One-act Series, winning twice in 2000 and 2006. She as well received nominations for numerous other accolades for her portrayal, including vii consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a One-act Series, winning 3 times, in 2001, 2002, and 2003, every bit well as receiving four Golden Globe Award nominations.

From 2006 to 2007, Mullally hosted the talk bear witness The Megan Mullally Evidence. Since and so, she has been a series regular on several idiot box series, such as In the Maternity, Party Down, Childrens Hospital, and Breaking In. She has also appeared in guest spots and recurring roles on other comedy series including, Happy Endings, Bob'south Burgers, Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock, Upwards All Night, Boston Legal, and The New Adventures of Old Christine. In improver to boob tube, Mullally has likewise ventured into film, with appearances in Smashed (2012), The Kings of Summer (2013), and Why Him? (2016).

Early life [edit]

Mullally was born in Los Angeles, California,[two] the daughter of Martha (née Palmer) and Carter Mullally, Jr.,[3] an histrion who was a contract player with Paramount Pictures in the 1950s.[3] Mullally moved to her father's native Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at historic period half dozen.[four] She is of English, Irish and Scandinavian ancestry.[five] She studied ballet from age 6 and performed at the Oklahoma City Ballet during high schoolhouse, too studying at the Schoolhouse of American Ballet in New York City.

Following her graduation from Casady School in Oklahoma City,[6] Mullally attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she studied English literature and art history. Later her sophomore yr, she began acting in theater in downtown Chicago. By junior twelvemonth, she was performing in viii shows per week. She later dropped out of Northwestern to pursue acting.[7]

Career [edit]

Television set [edit]

I of Mullally'south earliest acting spots was on a McDonald's commercial that besides featured John Goodman.[8] She made her series debut in 1986 in The Ellen Burstyn Show. She subsequently guest-starred on sitcoms such as Seinfeld, Frasier, Wings, Herman's Head, Ned and Stacey, Mad About You, Caroline in the City, 3rd Rock from the Sun and But Shoot Me!. She played a central character in a season-five episode of Murder, She Wrote, "Coal Miner's Slaughter", recalling in 2012, "I hadn't gotten a job for so long, and I was in a consummate panic because I didn't know how I was going to pay my rent. So I become a telephone call one day from my agent that I'd gotten offered a guest function, and it paid $v,000. I literally cruel downwardly onto my knees and testified and wept. I played some quondam protégée of Jessica Fletcher. It's ane of my favorite things I've always shot."[9]

In 1989, Mullally tested for the co-starring role of Elaine Benes on Seinfeld. The role was eventually given to Julia Louis-Dreyfus.[9] In 1998, Mullally landed the role of Karen Walker, Grace Adler's annoying, pill-popping assistant, in the NBC sitcom Will & Grace. She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Serial in both 2000 and 2006, and was nominated in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and again for the revival in 2018. She won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Role player in a Comedy Serial 3 times, in 2002, 2003 and 2004, and with bandage members Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, and Sean Hayes, she shared the Screen Actors Social club Award for Outstanding Functioning by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2001. She is the showtime of only two actresses to win a SAG Honour three years in a row. She was nominated each year from 2000 until 2003 for the Golden Globe Laurels for All-time Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Tv Motion-picture show.

In 2005, Mullally saw comedian and histrion Bill Hader performing with his Second Metropolis class in Los Angeles, and soon thereafter brought Hader to the attention of Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels. Likewise in 2005, Mullally was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award "in recognition of her innovation in creative works that have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of goggle box".[10]

Post-obit Will & Grace, Mullally hosted her own talk show, The Megan Mullally Testify from 2006 to 2007. She has hosted Saturday Night Alive, invitee-hosted the Late Evidence with David Letterman, hosted the 2006 Television set Land Awards, and been a featured performer twice on the Tony Awards. She has been featured in advertisements for G&M's, Old Navy, CheapTickets.com, and I Tin can't Believe Information technology's Not Butter!

Mullally invitee-starred every bit an adoption case worker for Liz Lemon in the flavour-three premiere of the NBC sitcom xxx Rock and returned to play the same character two additional times during the prove's run. Other appearances include Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-Listing, Campus Ladies, director/histrion David Wain'due south "Wainy Days", an episode of HBO's Funny or Die, and the Funny or Dice spider web video "That's What She Said".

Mullally has invitee-starred seven times every bit Tammy Swanson on the NBC series Parks and Recreation, in the episodes "Ron and Tammy", "Ron & Tammy: Role Ii", "Li'50 Sebastian", "Ron and Tammys", "The Trial of Leslie Knope", "Ron and Diane", "Ron and Jammy", and "A Parks and Recreation Special". Mullally plays the role of the second ex-wife of the graphic symbol Ron Swanson, who is played by her existent-life husband, Nick Offerman.[eleven] Offerman also had a part on one episode of Mullally's show Volition & Grace, playing a plumber whom Karen tries to seduce.

Also in 2009, Mullally starred in the ABC sitcom In the Motherhood. Based on the original spider web series, the television accommodation focuses on three mothers. She played Rosemary opposite Cheryl Hines and Jessica St. Clair. The series was poorly received and was canceled by ABC due to depression ratings after airing 5 out of seven episodes produced.

Mullally co-starred in 2010 equally Lydia on the Starz ensemble series Political party Down.[12] Mullally co-starred every bit "Chief" on the Developed Swim series Childrens Hospital. In 2011, Mullally began a recurring role every bit Dana Hartz, the mother of Penny (Casey Wilson), on the ABC sitcom Happy Endings. In the following months, Mullally joined the series Breaking In for its second season in 2012, after which the show was canceled.

Also in 2012, Mullally joined the starting time flavour of Bob's Burgers as Aunt Gayle. She reprised the role in subsequent episodes forth with several minor roles.

Mullally rejoined the Will & Grace cast every bit Karen upon the show'south revival, which ran for three seasons from 2017 to 2019

Theatre [edit]

Mullally fabricated her Broadway debut as Marty in the 1994 revival of Grease,[13] and afterward appeared as Rosemary in the hitting 1995 revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying reverse Matthew Broderick. In 2007, Mullally starred equally Elizabeth in Mel Brooks' original Broadway musical Young Frankenstein. She can be heard on the cast albums of all three productions.

In 1996, she starred in You Never Know at the Pasadena Playhouse. Mullally appeared in 2000 as Pamela in the multiple award-winning product of Chuck Mee's The Berlin Circle, for which she won both the LA Weekly Theatre Award and the Backstage Due west Garland Award. Mullally starred as Beverly in the acclaimed production of Adam Bock's The Receptionist at the Odyssey Theatre (notably, the longest sold-out run of a show in that theatre's history), for which she was awarded the 2010 Backstage West Garland Award for Best Operation by an Actress.

From April 13 to June 1, 2014, Mullally starred alongside her real-life married man, Nick Offerman, in Annapurna at the off-Broadway Acorn Theatre on New York's 42nd Street Theatre Row.[xiv]

In 2014 Mullally starred in the Broadway performance of It's Only a Play with F. Murray Abraham, Matthew Broderick, Stockard Channing, Rupert Grint, Nathan Lane and Micah Stock. The show opened at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on October 9, 2014, and played through January 18, 2015. It then opened at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Jan 23, 2015, and airtight on June 7, 2015. The evidence played 48 previews and 274 performances.[xv]

In June 2021, Mullally was set to appear as "Reno Sweeney" in Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre in London for a strictly limited flavour, but had to pull out due to an injury.

Music [edit]

Mullally is a member of the ring Supreme Music Program.[16] SMP has released iii albums:[17] The Sweetheart Break-In, Big equally a Drupe and Free Over again!.[16] [18]

Mullally and Stephanie Hunt formed the band Nancy & Beth in 2012.[19] They went on bout in March 2013, along with Mullally's married man, Nick Offerman.

Nancy & Beth performed at Lincoln Center as function of its American Songbook Series on Feb 13, 2019, and toured the Us in April and May 2019, get-go in Los Angeles and catastrophe in New York Metropolis.[20] The band after toured Australia, in June 2019, offset in Hobart and ending in Brisbane.[21] [22]

Film [edit]

Mullally has appeared in Marc Forster'southward Sundance competition entry Everything Put Together, Anywhere but Hither with Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman, Near Last Night with Demi Moore and Rob Lowe, Speaking of Sexual practice with James Spader, and Stealing Harvard with Tom Green and Jason Lee. Mullally played a singing teacher in the 2009 motion-picture show remake of Fame,[23] and can be heard on the soundtrack recording. Additionally, Mullally sang the song "Long John Blues" (performed on-screen by Kristen Bell) in 2010's Burlesque. She played one of the leads' mothers in the 2013 indie film The Kings of Summer and Mrs. Van Camp in the picture G.B.F. Mullally played Barb Fleming in the 2016 flick Why Him? In 2017, Mullally appeared in Janicza Bravo'southward first full-length feature, Lemon, which debuted at Sundance Film Festival.[24]

In August 2021, Bleecker Street and Phase half dozen Films picked up the worldwide rights to James Ponsoldt'south coming of age film Summering, starring Mullally alongside Sarah Cooper.[25]

Published works [edit]

Mullally and husband Nick Offerman wrote The Greatest Love Story Always Told, published by Dutton on Oct 2, 2018. The book is a New York Times Bestseller. The two reveal the full story behind their romance in chapters on religion, family, and more.[26]

Personal life [edit]

Mullally's start marriage, October 31, 1982, was to James Thomas Hines.[27]

Mullally's second wedlock, in the mid-1990s, was to talent amanuensis Michael Katcher.[28]

Mullally met actor and future hubby Nick Offerman in 2000 while interim in The Berlin Circle,[29] a play produced by the Prove Room Theatre Visitor, and they married three years later in 2003. While they were dating, Offerman appeared in a guest role on Will & Grace, in a 2001 Thanksgiving episode (Flavor four, Episode 10, "Moveable Banquet, Part ii"). Offerman appeared again, in a dissimilar function, in the Flavor nine (2018) episode "Friends and Lover". The couple have also appeared together in films such as The Kings of Summer and Smashed and the television series Parks and Recreation, and they too performed voice work together in Bob's Burgers and Hotel Transylvania 2. In 2019 they launched the podcast In Bed with Nick and Megan, discussing their personal lives and interviewing guests.[thirty] [31]

Filmography [edit]

Film [edit]

Twelvemonth Title Role Notes
1983 Risky Business organisation Call Girl
1985 Once Bitten Suzette
1986 Last Resort Jessica Lollar
1986 Almost Terminal Night... Pat
1986 Blue Velvet Louise scenes not in final cut
1991 Queens Logic Dolores
1999 Anywhere but Here Woman Buying Car
1999 Best Man in Grass Creek Co-Worker
2000 Everything Put Together Barbie
2001 Monkeybone Kimmy Miley
2001 Speaking of Sex Jennifer Klink
2002 Stealing Harvard Patty Plummer
2004 Teacher's Pet Adele vocalism function
2005 Rebound Principal Walsh
2006 New York Jasmine voice role
2007 Bee Movie Trudy vocalism role
2009 Fame Ms. Fran Rowan
2010 New York 2 Jasmine voice part
2010 Caricatural Singing Vocalisation of Nikki
2012 Smashed Primary Barnes
2012 What to Expect When You lot're Expecting cameo
2013 The Kings of Summertime Mrs. Keenan
2013 G.B.F. Mrs. Van Army camp
2014 Apartment Troubles Aunt Kimberley
2014 Ernest & Celestine Lucienne Vox; English language dub
2014 Date and Switch Patricia
2014 New York 3 Jasmine
2014 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Twenty-four hours Nina
2015 Hotel Transylvania 2 Linda Loughran vocalization role
2016 Why Him? Barb Fleming
2017 Lemon Simone
2017 Infinity Baby Hester
2017 The Disaster Artist Mrs. Sestero
2017 Oh Lucy! Hannah
2019 Where'd Yous Go, Bernadette Judy Toll
2022 Summering Stacie
TBA Love in Color Post-production

Television [edit]

Year Championship Role Notes
1981 The Children Nobody Wanted Sharon Television motion picture
1985 Beginning Steps Cathy Television pic
1986 Alpine Tales & Legends Posy Peasley Episode: "Pecos Bill"
1986 American Playhouse Lilah Episode: "Nether the Biltmore Clock"
1986–1987 The Ellen Burstyn Bear witness Molly Brewer Ross thirteen episodes
1988 Murder, She Wrote Molly Connors Episode: "Coal Miner's Slaughter"
1989 About Grown Helpmate Episode: "The Hat That Fell from Infinite"
1989 Red china Beach Cindy Episode: "The World: Role 2"
1990 Wings Cindy Episode: "There Once Was a Girl from Nantucket"
1990 Rainbow Drive Ava Zieff Idiot box movie
1991 Honey John Molly Episode: "Molly and Me"
1991 My Life and Times Susan Valentine six episodes
1991 Herman'southward Head Yvonne Episode: "Fatal Distraction"
1992 The Steadfast Tin Soldier Ballerina (voice) Television picture
1992 Fish Constabulary Pearl (vocalisation) half dozen episodes
1992 Rachel Gunn, R.Due north. Becky Jo 13 episodes
1993 I Yabba-Dabba Practise! Pebbles Flintstone (voice) Boob tube picture show
1993 Seinfeld Betsy Episode: "The Implant"
1993 Hollyrock-a-Bye Infant Additional voices Television flick
1993 A Flintstone Family Christmas Pebbles Flint (voice) Television receiver moving-picture show
1994 Batman: The Animated Series Cindy (vocalisation) Episode: "House and Garden"
1994 Couples Beth Television film
1997 Ned and Stacey Wendy Episode: "Where My Third Nepal Is Sheriff"
1997 Frasier Beth Armstrong Episode: "Four for the Seesaw"
1997 Mad About Yous Jane Episode: "Guardianhood"
1997 The Naked Truth Vanessa Episode: "He Ain't Famous, He'south My Blood brother"
1997 Caroline in the Urban center Vanessa Cassidy Episode: "Caroline and the Decanter"
1997 Farthermost Ghostbusters Boosted voices Episode: "The True Face of a Monster"
1998 Just Shoot Me! Stephanie Griffin-Cooper Episode: "Amblushed"
1998 Winchell June Winchell Goggle box motion-picture show
1998–2006,
2017–2020
Will & Grace Karen Walker 244 episodes
2000 3rd Rock from the Sun Renata Albright Episode: "Les Liaisons Dickgereuses"
2002 King of the Hill Teresa (voice) Episode: "Beer and Loathing"
2002 The Pact Melanie Gold Television set film
2003 CMT forty Greatest Men in State Music Host of album series. iii episodes in succession. All ran on i night.
2006 Peep and the Big Broad World Pink Dishonest (voice) Episode: "Quack Quack/One Duck 2 Many"
2006 How I Met Your Mother Barney'due south Female parent (voice) Episode: "Unmarried Stamina" (Uncredited)
2006 Campus Ladies Ms. Powell Episode: "The Dare"
2006–2007 The Megan Mullally Testify Herself (host) 71 episodes
2007 Boston Legal Renata Colina Episode: "The Bride Wore Claret"
2008 Bad Mother's Handbook Nan Television motion picture
2008 The New Adventures of Old Christine Margaret Episode: "Unidentified Funk"
2008–2013 30 Rock Bev three episodes
2008–2016 Childrens Hospital Principal 60 episodes
2009 In the Motherhood Rosemary 7 episodes
2009–2015, 2020 Parks and Recreation Tammy Swanson Ii ix episodes
2010 Party Down Lydia Dunfree 10 episodes
2011–present Bob's Burgers Gayle / Various voices 16 episodes
2011–2013 Happy Endings Dana Hartz iii episodes
2012 Up All Night Shayna Mund ii episodes
2012 Breaking In Veronica Mann thirteen episodes
2012–2015 Randy Cunningham: ninth Grade Ninja Mrs. Marilyn Driscoll (vox) 9 episodes
2013 Out There Rose Stevens (phonation) ten episodes
2013 Web Therapy Franny Marshall iii episodes
2013–2015 Axe Cop Anita / Various voices 13 episodes
2013–2016 Sofia the First Miss Nettle (voice) 3 episodes
2014 Trophy Wife Cricket 2 episodes
2015 Yous, Me and the Apocalypse Leanne 7 episodes
2016 Life in Pieces Mary-Lynn Episode: "Annulled Roommate Pill Shower"
2017 Dimension 404 Director Stevens Episode: "Bob"
2019 25th Screen Actors Society Awards Herself (host) Telly special
2021–nowadays The Not bad North Alyson Lefebvrere (voice) Recurring part
2021 The Simpsons Sarah Wiggum (vocalization) Episode: "Uncut Femmes"
2022 37th Independent Spirit Awards Herself (co-host) Television special

Awards and nominations [edit]

Talent sentinel [edit]

Mullally is recognised as a talent scout for comedic role player Bill Hader.[32]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Who Sang what on Broadway, 1866-1996: The singers (L-Z). Academy of Michigan. 2008. p. 557. ISBN9780786421909.
  2. ^ "Megan Mullally". TVGuide.com . Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Barbour, David (November 20, 2007). "Frankie'due south Girl". Playbill . Retrieved August 27, 2021. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Stated in interview on Within the Actors Studio
  5. ^ as she stated on TLC's TV show, Who Do You lot Think You Are?, May 28, 2018 (S10, E3)
  6. ^ Beutler, Mark (September 28, 2017). "Megan Mullally: Back to Tv". 405 Magazine . Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  7. ^ "Megan Mullaly, Killer Mike, Claire Adam". Tardily Night With Seth Meyers. Season 5. Episode 35. January xxx, 2018.
  8. ^ "Megan Mullally and John Goodman 1980s McDonalds Breakfast Commercial". YouTube . Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  9. ^ a b Stransky, Tanner (March 9, 2012). "Megan Mullally on... Megan Mullally". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  10. ^ "Past Recipients". WIF.org. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  11. ^ Abrams, Natalie (October one, 2009). "Exclusive: Megan Mullally Plays Ex on Parks and Recreation". Television Guide . Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  12. ^ Holmes, Linda (April 23, 2010). "'Party Downward': Proving It Is Possible To Soldier On Without Jane Lynch : Monkey Meet". NPR. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  13. ^ "Megan Mullally Theatre Credits". BroadwayWorld . Retrieved Jan iv, 2018.
  14. ^ "Annapurna - Off-Broadway Tickets". Broadway.com . Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  15. ^ "It'south Simply a Play – Broadway Play – Original". Internet Broadway Database . Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  16. ^ a b "Megan Mullally and Supreme Music Program. NEW CD: Free Again! On iTunes, CDBaby.com, DigStation.com". SupremeProgram.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  17. ^ Quintos, Michael L. (October 9, 2010). "BWW Reviews: MEGAN MULLALLY & Supreme Music Programme at OCPAC". BroadwayWorld . Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  18. ^ "Megan Mullally and Supreme Music Plan: Large as a Berry CD Information". SupremeProgram.com. December 31, 2003. Archived from the original on March iii, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  19. ^ Vincentelli, Elisabeth (May xiii, 2019). "Megan Mullally and Stephanie Hunt'southward Choreographed Antics Are Giving Cabaret a Jolt". The New York Times . Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  20. ^ Betts, Stephen 50. (January 15, 2019). "Megan Mullally, Stephanie Chase's Nancy and Beth Duo Plot Spring Tour". Rolling Stone . Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  21. ^ Milligan, Kaitlin (December 17, 2018). "Megan Mullally's Ring Nancy And Beth Denote First Australian Bout". BroadwayWorld . Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  22. ^ nancyandbeth.com
  23. ^ Diamond, Robert (September 25, 2009). "Allen, Mullally, Grammer, Dutton & Neuwirth Join FAME Film Remake". BroadwayWorld . Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  24. ^ D'Arcy, David (January 23, 2017). "'Lemon': Review". Screen Daily.
  25. ^ Vlessing, Etan (August x, 2021). "Bleecker Street Nabs Megan Mullally, Sarah Cooper'due south 'Summering' Drama". The Hollywood Reporter. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  27. ^ "Megan Mullally Weds James Thomas Hines". The Daily Oklahoman. November i, 1982. Retrieved May thirteen, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  28. ^ "The Megan Mullally Picture show Pages". SuperiorPics.com . Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  29. ^ "Nick Offerman Talks Costarring with Wife Megan Mullally". Huffington Mail service. May 29, 2013. Retrieved January iv, 2018.
  30. ^ Finn, Natalie (June 26, 2020). "The Naked Truth About Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally's Enviable Beloved Story". E! Online . Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  31. ^ "In Bed with Nick and Megan podcast on Earwolf". www.earwolf.com . Retrieved January vii, 2022.
  32. ^ Friend, Tad (March 11, 2019). "Bill Hader Kills". The New Yorker.
  • Megan Mullally, Biography Resource Center Online. Gale Group, 1999.
  • Jamie Painter Immature, Clowning Celebrity. Back Stage. 19 Dec. 2003: B-38.

External links [edit]

  • Official website
  • Megan Mullally at the Internet Broadway Database Edit this at Wikidata
  • Megan Mullally at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
  • Megan Mullally at IMDb
  • Megan Mullally at AllMovie

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