Melissa McCarthy started her career doing improvisational comedy at The Groundlings Theater in Los Angeles, which is also where she met her husband Ben Falcone. She then went on to a successful run on the TV series “Gilmore Girls” for seven seasons. She followed that up with other TV shows and small movie roles but it would be a return to The Groundlings crew that would launch her into super-stardom. Her former castmates Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo wrote a female gross-out comedy called “Bridesmaids” and cast McCarthy along with other Groundlings veterans Maya Rudolph and Wendi McLendon-Covey. The film would become a surprise hit in the genre which was usually dominated by men and even earn McCarthy an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress.
McCarthy found herself in a unique position in show business as just as “Bridesmaids” made her a movie star she had also just begun a...
McCarthy found herself in a unique position in show business as just as “Bridesmaids” made her a movie star she had also just begun a...
- 7/13/2023
- by Misty Holland, Robert Pius and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
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