
Laurie Metcalf
Born June 16, 1955 · Carbondale, Illinois, USA
Laura Elizabeth Metcalf (born June 16, 1955) is an American actress and comedian. Often described as a character actor, she is known for her complex and versatile roles across the stage and screen. She has received various accolades throughout her career spanning over four decades, including two Tony Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. Metcalf began her career with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and frequently works in Chicago theatre. She made her Broadway debut in the 1985 play My Thing of Love. She went on to receive six Tony Award nominations, winning Best Actress in a Play in 2017 for her performance in A Doll's House, Part 2 and Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 2018 revival of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women. Her other Tony-nominated roles were for November (2008), The Other Place (2010), Misery (2016), and Hillary and Clinton (2019). She gained national attention for her performance as Jackie Harris on the sitcom Roseanne (1988–1997, 2018) and its spinoff The Conners (2018–present), for which she won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also won a Primetime Emmy Award for her guest role in Hacks (2022), and her other Emmy-nominated roles include 3rd Rock from the Sun (1999), Monk (2006), Desperate Housewives (2007), The Big Bang Theory (2016), Getting On (2013–2015), and Horace and Pete (2016). She also appeared on The Norm Show (1999–2001), Frasier, and The Dropout (2022). In film, Metcalf is best known for her performance as Marion McPherson in Greta Gerwig's comedy-drama film Lady Bird (2017). She was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award, and a BAFTA Award. From 1995, she has voiced Mrs. Davis, the mother of Andy, in the Toy Story franchise, and voiced Sarah Hawkins in the Disney animated Treasure Planet (2002). Other notable film credits include Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Uncle Buck (1989), JFK (1991), Dear God (1996), Georgia Rule (2007) and Scream 2 (1997).
Movies

Toy Story 2

Toy Story

Toy Story 3

Scream 7

Toy Story 4

Treasure Planet

Meet the Robinsons

Lady Bird

Scream 2

Fun with Dick and Jane

Runaway Bride

Leaving Las Vegas

JFK

Uncle Buck

Pacific Heights

The Pixar Story

Georgia Rule

Bulworth

Internal Affairs

Desperately Seeking Susan

U Turn

Somewhere in Queens

Stop-Loss

Beer League

Blink

Mistress

Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective

Making Mr. Right

A Wedding

The Story Behind 'Toy Story'

The Execution of Raymond Graham

Miles from Home

A Dangerous Woman

Bruce Willis : les secrets d'une icône

Chicago Cab

Dear God

Everybody Digs Bill Evans

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
TV Shows

Saturday Night Live

Desperate Housewives

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Monk

Frasier

Without a Trace

King of the Hill

Malcolm in the Middle

Elsbeth

Monster: The Ed Gein Story

The Big Bang Theory

Supergirl

Tony Awards

3rd Rock from the Sun

Hacks

The Equalizer

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Duckman

The Oscars

The Conners

Dharma & Greg

Carol & the End of the World

The Dropout

Getting On

The Norm Show

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

Playing House

God, the Devil and Bob

Big Mistakes

Horace and Pete

Roseanne

The Jackie Thomas Show

Raines

The Goodwin Games

The McCarthys

Q-Force

Easy Money

















