Laurie Metcalf Biography, Age, Husband, Children, Lesbian, and TV Shows

Laurie Metcalf Biography

Laurie Metcalf born Laura Elizabeth Metcalf is an American actress. The receiver of several acting awards and nominations, she has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Tony Awards, and has been nominated at the Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards in her four-decade career.

Metcalf attended Illinois State University and earned her Bachelor of Arts in Theater in 1976. while at the university she met fellow students and went ahead to establish Chicago’s famed Steppenwolf Theater Company. she then started her professional career at Steppenwolf, of which she was a charter member.

Metcalf went to New York to appear in an off-Broadway Steppenwolf production of Balm in Gilead for which she received Obie Award for Actress in 1984. later on, she relocated to New York City and started to work in both film and theater.

Through June 2009, Metcalf starred with French Stewart in Justin Tanner’s play, Voice Lessons, in Hollywood before beginning rehearsals to play Kate Jerome in the Broadway revival of Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical plays Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound. The former production’s run, however, lasted for 9 performances in October 2009, while the latter was canceled prior to opening. voice lessons went on to three more runs- one Off-Broadway in May 2010, another in Hollywood in May 2011, and another in Chicago in May 2016.

In September 2010, Metcalf returned to Steppenwolf and starred in Lisa D’Amours’s play, Detroit. March 2011, she appeared Off-Broadway in The Other Place by Sharr White. She won the 2011 Lucille Lortel Award, for Outstanding Lead Actress, and the 2011 Obie Award, for Performance for The Other Place.

In 2012, Metcalf joined David Suchet in a West End production of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night, for which she was nominated for the Evening Standard Theater Award for Best Actress. In October 2013, Metcalf performed with Jeff Goldblum in Domesticated, she was nominated for the 2014 Lucille Lortel Award, for Outstanding Lead Actress in a play.

Metcalf returned to Broadway in A Doll’s House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath, which opened in April 2017. he received critical acclaim for her performance and earned nominations for the Tony Award for Actress in a Play, the Drama Desk Award, the Drama League Award for her distinguished performance, and the outer Critics Circle Actress, winning a Tony award.

She returned to Broadway in the 2018 revival of Three Tall Women. she won her consecutive Tony time for Best Featured Actress in a play.

Laurie Metcalf Age

Laurie was born June 16, 1955, in Carbondale, Illinois. She is 69 years old as of 2022. Metcalf celebrates her birthday on June 16 every year.

Laurie Metcalf Family

She is the oldest of three children of Libby (Mars), a librarian, and James Metcalf, a budget director.

Laurie Metcalf Husband

She has been married twice. Her first marriage was to Jeff Perry who is an actor and co-founding member of Steppenwolf Theater Company. Their relationship lasted for just nine years from 1983-1992. Had one daughter, Zoe Perry who is an actress and featured in many movies and TV series like Young Sheldon, The Family, and Roseann.

Laurie Metcalf Children

 She is blessed with four children: Zoe Perry, Mae Akins Roth, Will Theron Roth, and Donovan Roth.

Laurie Metcalf Height

Metcalf 5ft 5 (165.1 cm).

Laurie Metcalf Movies

Year

Title

Role

2019

Toy Story 4

Mrs. Davis

2017

Lady Bird

Marion McPherson

2010

Toy Story 3

Mrs. Davis

2008

Stop-Loss

Mrs. Colson

2007

Meet the Robinsons

Lucille Krunklehorn-Robinson

Georgia Rule

Paula Richards

2006

Steel City

Marianne Karn

Beer League

Mrs. DeVanzo

2005

Fun with Dick and Jane

Phyllis

2002

Treasure Planet

Sarah Hawkins

2000

Timecode

Dava Adair

1999

Runaway Bride

Betty Trout

Toy Story 2

Mrs. Davis

1998

Bulworth

Mimi

1997

U Turn

Bus Station Clerk

1997

Chicago Cab

Female Ad Exec

Scream 2

Debbie Salt / Mrs. Loomis

1996

Dear God

Rebecca Frazen

1995

Leaving Las Vegas

Landlady

Toy Story

Mrs. Davis

1994

The Secret Life of Houses

Ann

Blink

Candice

1993

A Dangerous Woman

Anita Bell

1992

Mistress

Rachel Landisman

1991

JFK

Susie Cox

1990

Internal Affairs

Amy Wallace

Pacific Heights

Stephanie MacDonald

1989

Uncle Buck

Marcie Dahlgren-Frost

1988

Candy Mountain

Alice

Stars and Bars

Melissa

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

Emma

Miles from Home

Exotic Dancer

1987

Making Mr. Right

Sandy

1985

Desperately Seeking Susan

Leslie Glass

1978A Wedding

Maid

Laurie Metcalf TV Shows

Year

Title

Role

2018–present

The Conners

Jackie Harris

2018

American Dad!

Elizabeth Hadley

Supergirl

Mary McGowan

2017

Portlandia

Jill

Playing House

Leslie Rollins

The Accidental Wolf

Ram

2016

Horace and Pete

Sarah

2014–15

The McCarthys

Marjorie McCarthy

2014

Tim & Eric’s Bedtime Stories

Gabrielle

2013–15

Getting On

Jenna James

2013

The Goodwin Games

Dr. Richland

2009

The Farm

Warden Margaret Elder

2008–09

Easy Money

Bobette Buffkin

2007–present

The Big Bang Theory

Mary Cooper

2007

The Virgin of Akron, Ohio

Lydia

Raines

Alice Brody

2006

Monk

Cora

Grey’s Anatomy

Beatrice Carver

Desperate Housewives

Carolyn Bigsby

My Boys

Aunt Phyllis

2005

Without a Trace

Susan Hopkins

2004

Malcolm in the Middle

Susan

Frasier

Nanny G

Absolutely Fabulous

Crystalline

2003

Phil at the Gate

Teddy Duffy

Charlie Lawrence

Sarah Dolecek

2002

Two Families

 

2000–11

God, the Devil and Bob

Donna Allman

1999–2001

The Norm Show

Laurie Freeman

1999

Balloon Farm

Casey Johnson

1998

Always Outnumbered

Halley Grimes

The Long Island Incident

Carolyn McCarthy

3rd Rock from the Sun

Jennifer Ravelli

1997

King of the Hill

Cissy Cobb

The Eddie Files

Special Agent Hicks

Life with Louie

Miss Kinney

Dharma & Greg

Spyder

1995–96

Duckman

Various

1988–97, 2018

Roseanne

Jackie Harris

1988

Saturday Night Live

“Laurie Has A Story”

1986

The Equalizer

Theresa

1985

The Execution of Raymond Graham

Carol Graham

1981

Saturday Night Live

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Laurie Metcalf Net Worth

Metcalf has an estimated net worth of $14 million dollars.

Laurie Metcalf Awards

Metcalf played the role of Jackie Harris On Roseann for which she won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a comedy series.

Laurie Metcalf Big Bang Theory

Mensa-fied best friends and roommates Leonard and Sheldon, physicists who work at the California Institute of Technology, may be able to tell everybody more than they want to know about quantum physics, but getting through most basic social situations, especially ones involving women, totally baffles them. How lucky, then, that babelicious waitress/aspiring actress Penny moves in next door. Frequently seen hanging out with Leonard and Sheldon are friends and fellow Caltech scientists Wolowitz and Koothrappali. Will worlds collide? Does Einstein theorize in the woods?
First episode date: 24 September 2007
Theme song: Big Bang Theory Theme

Laurie Metcalf Young

She plays this poor young thing that comes to the big city and hangs out at this greasy spoon diner where the play is set—is talking about her once boyfriend who is an albino.

Laurie Metcalf Uncle Buck

It is a comedy film, Laurie stars Marcie Dahlgren-Frost in it.
When Cindy (Elaine Bromka) and her husband, Bob (Garrett M. Brown), have to leave town for a family emergency, there is only one person available to babysit for their three kids: Bob’s lazy, carefree brother, Buck (John Candy). While he immediately gets along with the two younger children (Gaby Hoffman, Macaulay Culkin), Buck must change his bachelor’s lifestyle if he wants to be a responsible caregiver for the angst-filled teenager, Tia (Jean Louisa Kelly).
Initial release: 16 August 1989 (USA)
Director: John Hughes

Laurie Metcalf Desperate Housewives

She portrayed the role of Carolyn Bigsby on Desperate Housewives.

Laurie Metcalf Grey’s Anatomy

She played the role of Beatrice, a woman who lies to her daughter about the severity of her cancer diagnosis.

Laurie Metcalf  Plastic Surgery

She did her plastic surgery and looked much younger than her age. she looked like a 15-18-year-old yet she was in her 60s.

Laurie Metcalf Mae Akins Roth

Mae Akins Roth, Laurie Metcalf, and Zoe Perry attended Miscast 2018 Honors Laurie Metcalf at Hammerstein Ballroom on March 26, 2018, in New York City.

Laurie Metcalf Lesbian

She played a role of a lesbian in the film Lady Bird. Starred as Marion McPherson.

Laurie Metcalf Snl

she was featured on the April 11 1981 episode which makes her the shortest-tenured actor to appear in the SNL cast, except for Emily Prager, who was also credited for that episode but not appeared at al

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