Megan Mullaly
Karen Walker in Will and Grace
Birth name : Megan Mullally
Birth date : 1958/11/12 (67 years old)
Birth place : Los angeles
Biography for Megan Mullaly
Megan is an only child born in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Martha, was a model. Her father, Carter Mullally Jr., is a retired contract player for Paramount. Megan first entered Northwestern University intending to study acting, but switched to English literature. However, she still ended up starring in several campus musicals, which gained attention from producers and prompted her to drop out of school. In 1985, she moved to Los Angeles with no particular success. But, in 1994, she co-starred in "Grease" with Rosie O'Donnell and, in 1995, in "How To Succeed In Business" with Matthew Broderick. Her star has been rising ever since.
At Lyçée, Megan is rather turned towards the ballet but she quickly realizes that it is rather the comedy that interests her. During the university, in addition to English literature studies, she plays in plays and musicals.
We have seen it in many series in main roles (The Ellen Burstyn Show, My Life and Times, Rachel Gunn, R.N. And Will & Grace). She also appeared in the Ned & Stacey, Seinfeld, Frasier, crazy, crazy you, that's!, Arabesques and third planet before the sun. On the theater side, she has played in many plays and in particular we saw her on Broadway in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" with Matthew Broderick and in "Grease" with Rosie O'Donnell.
Megan Mullally is an American actress known for her roles in television series such as Will & Grace and Parks and Recreation. She was born on November 12, 1958 in Los Angeles, California. She grew up in Oklahoma City, where she attended Casady School. Mullally began her acting career by playing in plays in Los Angeles and New York. In 1998, she obtained the role of Karen Walker in the television series Will & Grace, for which she won two Emmy Awards. She also played in films such as Why Him? and The Kings of Summer. Mullally is also a singer and released a solo album in 2006. She is married to actor and writer Nick Offerman, with whom she worked on several projects.
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Filmography
| Title | Role |
|---|---|
| Bee Movie (2007) (voice) | Trudy |
| Boston Legal | Renata Hill (1 episode, 2007) |
| Campus Ladies | Ms. Powell (1 episode, 2006) |
| Peep and the Big Wide World | Pink Quack (1 episode, 2006) |
| Will & Grace: Say Goodnight Gracie (2006) (TV) | Karen Walker |
| Will & Grace | Karen Walker (186 episodes, 1998-2006) |
| Rebound (2005) | Principal Walsh |
| Teacher's Pet (2004) (voice) | Adele |
| The Pact (2002) (TV) | Melanie Gold |
| Stealing Harvard (2002) | Patty Plummer |
| King of the Hill | Teresa (1 episode, 2002) |
| Monkeybone (2001) | Kimmy Miley |
| Speaking of Sex (2001) | Jennifer Klink |
| 3rd Rock from the Sun | Renata Albright (1 episode, 2000) |
| Rachel Gunn, R.N. | Becky Jo (13 episodes, 1992-2000) |
| Everything Put Together (2000) | Barbie |
| Best Man in Grass Creek (1999) | Co-Worker |
| Anywhere But Here (1999) | Woman Buying Car |
| Winchell (1998) (TV) | June Winchell |
| Just Shoot Me! | Stephanie Griffin-Cooper (1 episode, 1998) |
| Caroline in the City | Vanessa (1 episode, 1997) |
| The Naked Truth | Vanessa (1 episode, 1997) |
| Extreme Ghostbusters (1 episode, 1997) | |
| Mad About You | Jane (1 episode, 1997) |
| Frasier | Beth Armstrong (1 episode, 1997) |
| Ned and Stacey | Wendy (1 episode, 1997) |
| The Flintstones Christmas in Bedrock (1996) (V) (voice) | Additional Voices |
| Couples (1994) (TV) | |
| Batman | Cindy (1 episode, 1994) |
| Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (1993) (TV) (voice) | |
| Herman's Head | Yvonne (2 episodes, 1991-1993) |
| Seinfeld | Betsy (1 episode, 1993) |
| I Yabba-Dabba Do! (1993) (TV) (voice) | Pebbles Flintstone |
| Fish Police (1992) TV Series (voice) | Pearl |
| My Life and Times | Susan (4 episodes, 1991) |
| Queens Logic (1991) | Dolores |
| Rainbow Drive (1990) (TV) | Ava Zieff |
| Wings | Cindy (1 episode, 1990) |
| China Beach | Cindy (1 episode, 1989) |
| Murder, She Wrote | Molly Connors (1 episode, 1988) |
| The Ellen Burstyn Show (1986) TV Series | Molly Brewer Ross (unknown episodes) |
| About Last Night... (1986) | Pat |
| Last Resort (1986) | Jessica Lollar |
| Under the Biltmore Clock (1986) (TV) | Lilah |
| Tall Tales and Legends | Posy (1 episode, 1986) |
| Once Bitten (1985) | Suzette |
| First Steps (1985) (TV) | Cathy |
| Risky Business (1983) | Call Girl |
Trivia
- Lives in West Hollywood, California with her poodles, Willa and Elmo.
- She is the lead singer in the LA band, The Supreme Music Program.
- She recently starred in and directed an original performance art piece, The Sweetheart Break-In. The band released a CD of some of the songs in the show, called 'The Supreme Music Program: The Sweetheart Break-In'.
- Graduated from Casady High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
- Megan announced her engagement to actor Nick Offerman in September 2002.
- Close friend is "ER" (1994) actress Laura Innes. The two met at Northwestern University in the late 70s and have been friends ever since.
- She studied ballet and was a soloist with Oklahoma City's Ballet Oklahoma. She also studied at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet.
- Auditioned for the role of Elaine on "Seinfeld" (1990). (According to the Seinfeld special, aired on 25 November 2004.)
- Attended Northwestern University
- Has won 3 consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) for Outstanding performance by an actress in a comedy, and has a total of 4 SAG Awards and 2 Emmy Awards.
- First cast member of "Will & Grace" (1998) to win an Emmy. She won in 2000 for Outstanding performance by an actress in a supporting role comedy. Her co-star, Sean Hayes, also won that year.
- Originally auditioned for "Grace" on "Will & Grace" (1998), but was later cast as "Karen".
- Was featured in "Theater Week" as one of six "New Faces of 1995," alongside Rufus Sewell, Jude Law, Jennifer Dundas, Justin Kirk, and Billy Crudup. Ironically, she stated in that issue that she was done with television, and in five years would like "to be doing plays and musicals [in New York], and also film work."
- She almost wound up in the role of Carrie in "The King of Queens" (1998).
Quotes
"It doesn't matter who you love, it's that you love."
"I didn't get "Will & Grace" (1998) until I was almost 40. Had I listened to everybody else who kept saying, 'Oh, there's too much competition, you'll never get an agent, you'll never get a part, 90 percent of actors are out of work," if I'd listened to that, if everybody listened to that, then nobody would leave the house and the world would come to a crashing halt."
"When I went up there and accepted the [second] Emmy, I remembered that when I was about 20, a psychic told me I was going to win two Emmys that were going to be like bookends for playing a secretary on a sitcom. And I said, 'I'm not going to do sitcoms. I'm a great actress and I'm going to change the world.'"
Family
- Spouse : Nick Offerman (20 September 2003 - present), Michael A. Katcher (1992 - 1996) (divorced)
- Her father, Carter Mullally Jr., who died in the late 90s, was a contract player with Paramount in the 1950s. Her mother, Martha, is a former model.
Author of the card
- Creation date: 21/11/2007 by doudoune