Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy

Actor (b. 1970)
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The ThumbScore for Melissa McCarthy (63.8%) is the average audience approval rating across 25 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Melissa's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

25
Movies
63.8%
Avg ThumbScore
Comedy
Top Genre

Audiences rate Melissa McCarthy’s films lower than 97% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

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Frequent Collaborators

Ben Falcone (7)Paul Feig (4)Maya Rudolph (3)Chris O'Dowd (3)Michael McDonald (3)

Melissa Ann McCarthy (born August 26, 1970) is an American actress, screenwriter, and producer. She has received 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 on television and in film in the late 1990s. She 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), 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 portraying 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).

Born 1970-08-26 in Plainfield, Illinois, USA.

On ThumbScore, Melissa McCarthy appears in 25 films with an average audience score of 63.8%, most frequently in the Comedy genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Melissa McCarthy movie, ranked by audience score

The Hangover Part III
The Hangover Part III
2013
👍 83%
The Life of David Gale
The Life of David Gale
2003
👍 81%
The Back-Up Plan
The Back-Up Plan
2010
👍 75%
Identity Thief
Identity Thief
2013
👍 74%
White Oleander
White Oleander
2002
👍 73%
The Heat
The Heat
2013
👍 72%
Bridesmaids
Bridesmaids
2011
👍 71%
This Is 40
This Is 40
2012
👍 68%
St. Vincent
St. Vincent
2014
👍 68%
The Happytime Murders
The Happytime Murders
2018
👍 65%
Tammy
Tammy
2014
👍 65%
The Starling
The Starling
2021
👍 64%
Spy
Spy
2015
👍 63%
Genie
Genie
2023
👍 63%
The Boss
The Boss
2016
👍 62%
The Third Wheel
The Third Wheel
2002
👍 62%
Superintelligence
Superintelligence
2020
👍 59%
Life of the Party
Life of the Party
2018
👍 57%
The Kitchen
The Kitchen
2019
👍 56%
Unfrosted
Unfrosted
2024
👍 56%
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
2016
👍 55%
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid
2023
👍 53%
The Nines
The Nines
2007
👍 52%
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2018
👍 50%
Thunder Force
Thunder Force
2021
👍 47%