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Feb 5, 2017 · White House press secretary Sean Spicer (Melissa McCarthy) and secretary of education nominee Betsy DeVos (Kate McKinnon) take questions from the press (Bobby Moynihan, Kristen Stewart, Cecily...
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Feb 17, 2016 · Cut For Time: Supermarket Spree (Melissa McCarthy) - SNL. One contestant (Melissa McCarthy) will stop at nothing to take out her competition (Vanessa Bayer) on Supermarket Spree. ...more....
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Melissa Ann McCarthy (born August 26, 1970) is an American actress, screenwriter, 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 began appearing in television and film in the late 1990s and 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) (opposite Kristen Wiig), 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 her portrayal of 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 own clothing line for plus-sized women, named Melissa McCarthy Seven7, and she received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
She made her hosting debut on Saturday Night Live on October 1, 2011, the second episode of Season 37 with musical guest Lady Antebellum, where she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.
She returned to Saturday Night Live to hosting for the 2nd time on April 6, 2013, the seventeenth episode of Season 38 with musical guests Phoenix, a French pop rock band.
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Sep 23, 2013 · In the wake of the Rutgers basketball firings, Outside the Lines breaks a story about a women's basketball coach at a small school who makes Mike Rice look gentle. Directed by Matt & Oz.
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Oct 10, 2021 · In-between a slate of fantastic comedies and two Oscar nominations, Melissa McCarthy has hosted Saturday Night Live five times.
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Jul 21, 2017 · Watch every sketch of Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer on Saturday Night Live, from his password mishap to his Holocaust gaffe. The comedy queen parodied the White House press secretary with gum, dolls and Westside Story.
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Watch Melissa McCarthy host SNL with musical guest Haim in season 42 episode 20. See clips, behind the scenes and bloopers from the show, as well as other recent episodes and sketches.
