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Megan Mullally

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Megan Mullally

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Overview

  • Born
    November 12, 1958 · Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Height
    5′ 4″ (1.63 m)

Biography

    • Megan is an only child born in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Martha, was a model, and her father, Carter Mullally Jr., was a 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" on Broadway with Rosie O'Donnell and, in 1995, in "How To Succeed In Business" with Matthew Broderick. Her star has been rising ever since. Her band Nancy and Beth have recorded two albums and tour extensively. She has directed four music videos for Nancy and Beth, which can be found at nancyandbeth.com.
      - IMDb mini biography by: John Sacksteder <jsack@ka.net>

Family

  • Spouses
      Nick Offerman(September 20, 2003 - present)
      Michael Katcher(1992 - 1996) (divorced)
  • Children
      No Children
  • Parents
      Martha Palmer
      Carter Mullally Jr.

Trivia

  • 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.
  • Megan Mullally has acted with her husband, Nick Offerman, on Will & Grace (1998), Speaking of Sex (2001), Stealing Harvard (2002), Childrens Hospital (2008), Parks and Recreation (2009), Bob's Burgers (2011), Smashed (2012), Axe Cop (2012), Ernest & Celestine (2012), The Kings of Summer (2013), Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015), and You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015).
  • Has won three consecutive Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Comedy, and has a total of four SAG awards and two Emmy awards. Nominated for 8 Emmys and 5 Golden Globes.
  • Originally auditioned for the role of Grace on Will & Grace (1998), but was later cast as Karen.
  • She was to do a voice-over role in the Disney-Pixar film Finding Nemo (2003), but was fired from the production for refusing to do her Karen Walker voice for the film.

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.'
  • I'll quit coffee. It won't be easy drinking my Bailey's straight, but I'll get used to it. It'll still be the best part of waking up.
  • I'm getting to do choreography, which I really love. Stephanie [Hunt] doesn't have any formal dance training. But she picks up the moves quickly. It's interesting, my coming from a dance background. I don't have anything to compare it to, except musical comedy. It's easier to break things down, even if you're working on a writing piece.

Salary

  • Will & Grace (1998) - $80,000 per episode

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