Melissa McCarthy’s Body Evolution Through the Years: From Sitcom Success to Oscar Nominee
usmagazine.comNot bothered. Melissa McCarthy is one of the most successful and highest paid actresses in Hollywood, and she’s never let her body define her — even if casting directors might have other ideas.“It wasn’t like I ever wanted to play the stunning-girl lead part who just says 17 dry lines,” the Spy star told Rolling Stone in February 2017. “That didn’t seem like fun to me.
But you go through everything, like maybe if I was taller, prettier, thinner, would I be going out on more auditions? But then in the back of my head, I didn’t want to do those parts.”After getting her start with the Groundlings improv comedy group — which also boasts Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Will Ferrell as alums — McCarthy landed the role of Sookie St.
James on Gilmore Girls in 2000. Though fans loved her portrayal of the klutzy chef, her true breakout moment didn’t arrive for another decade.In September 2010, the Identity Thief star debuted as one half of the titular couple in the sitcom Mike & Molly.
She won an Emmy the following year for her performance in the show’s first season, but it was her turn in Bridesmaids that catapulted her to a totally different level of fame.
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