Laurie Metcalf - Overview

Date of Birth: Jun 16, 1955

Place of Birth: Carbondale, Illinois

Nationality: American

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Longevity and a wide selection of roles – both dream items on the serious actor’s wish list – never eluded the endearingly expressive Laurie Metcalf. Though not always front and center like many of her peers, the co-founder of Chicago’s famed Steppenwolf Theatre Company maintained a sturdy, pivotal presence, moving easily from the stage to film and television and back. An actress committed to the inner life of the vulnerable, the tough-willed and all those in between, Hollywood audiences came to know Metcalf’s versatile abilities when she brought out the humor and realism in TV’s Jackie Harris, the often melancholy sister on ABC’s long-running sitcom, “Roseanne” (1988-1997).

Metcalf was born on June 16, 1955 in Carbondale, IL and raised in nearby Edwardsville by a librarian mother and a comptroller father who oversaw budgets at Southern Illinois University. The oldest child of three, including a brother and sister, Metcalf was, by her own admission, notoriously withdrawn. In grade school, she and her friends would put on plays for fun, but it was not until ... Read More

Filmography (28)

Toy Story 3 (2010)

Stop-Loss (2008)

Steel City (2007)

Georgia Rule (2007)

Meet the Robinsons (2007)

Beer League (2006)

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Milestones (22)

2010
Cast as the downtrodden mother Meg in the off-Broadway revival of Sam Shepard's "A Lie of the Mind"; directed by Ethan Hawke

2010
Voiced the character of Mrs. Davis in the animated feature "Toy Story 3"

2009
Appeared in the short-lived Broadway revival of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs"

2009
Will star in the upcoming Broadway revivals of Neil Simon’s autobiographical plays "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and "Broadway Bound"

2008
Cast opposite Nathan Lane in the Broadway production of David Mamet's "November"; received a Tony award nomination for Featured Actress in a Play

2007
Cast in the Garry Marshall-directed dark comedy "Georgia Rule"

2006
Guest starred on ABC's "Desperate Housewives" as meddling neighbor Carolyn Bigsby; earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

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