Laurie Metcalf Bio | Wiki
Laurie Metcalf is an American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades throughout her career spanning over four decades, including two Tony Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards.
Laurie has also received nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. She commenced her career with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and frequently works in Chicago theatre.
For her Broadway performances, Laurie has received six Tony Award nominations, winning Best Actress in a Play in 2017 for her performance in A Doll’s House, Part 2, and Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 2018 revival of Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women.
Laurie Metcalf Age
Laurie was born on June 15, 1955, in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. He is 67 years old.
Laurie Metcalf Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in (Approx. 1.65 m).
Laurie Metcalf Family
She was born in Carbondale, Illinois, to her parents Libby Metcalf and James Metcalf. Laurie is the eldest of three children. She, her brother James and her sister Linda grew up in Edwardsville, Illinois, which she has said: “isn’t anywhere near a theatre.”
Her father was the budget director at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville at the time of his sudden death in 1984. Her mother was a librarian. laurie’s great-aunt was the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Zoë Akins.
Laurie Metcalf Husband
Laurie married Jeff Perry, co-founding member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1983. The two had a daughter, Zoe Perry, the same year and divorced in 1986. Later, she began a relationship with Matt Roth, the Roseanne co-star who played her abusive boyfriend Fisher. By November 1993, Laurie and Matt had a son, Will, and eventually married.
Their daughter, Mae Akins, was born in 2005 via surrogate. They had a second son, Donovan, whom they fostered at six years old in 2006 and later adopted. On November 26, 2008, Laurie and Roth separated. In September 2011, Roth filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. In May 2014, the divorce was finalized.
Laurie Metcalf Daughter | Zoe Perry
Laurie’s daughter Zoe Perry was born in 1983. Zoe is an American actress. She has appeared as the young Mary Cooper in the CBS sitcom Young Sheldon, a role originated by her mother Laurie in the show’s predecessor The Big Bang Theory, and in recurring roles on The Family and Scandal. She has been married to Gab Taraboulsy since 2021.
Laurie Metcalf Education
She is an alumna of Illinois State University, class of 1976. Laurie worked as a secretary while in college and has said that she enjoyed seeing a pile of paper in the to-do box on one side of her desk move over to the completed side by the end of the day. She originally majored in German, thinking she could work as an interpreter, and then in anthropology before accepting that majoring in theatre was her true passion.
Laurie Metcalf Jackie
In 1988, she debuted in what is arguably her best-known role as Jackie Harris, the multiple-careered, low self-esteemed, amiable sister of the title character in the hit ABC sitcom series Roseanne. Laurie starred alongside Roseanne Barr and John Goodman.
Her performance garnered four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, a category that she won three consecutive times, from 1992 to 1994. Roseanne ran through 1997; Metcalf appeared as Jackie over the show’s entire nine-season run.
Laurie Metcalf Sheldon
In 2007, she made her first appearance as Mary Cooper, the mother of Sheldon Cooper, one of the main characters, on the top-rated CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. She would reprise the role repeatedly over its twelve-season run.
In 2016, her performance earned her fourth nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Laurie’s daughter Zoe Perry portrays a younger version of Mary in the spinoff prequel series Young Sheldon.
Laurie Metcalf The Dropout
In 2022, Laurie appeared in the Hulu series The Dropout (2022). She portrayed Stanford University School of Medicine professor, and Theranos skeptic, Phyllis Gardner. The Dropout is an American biographical crime drama miniseries created by Elizabeth Meriwether.
It is based on a podcast of the same name hosted by Rebecca Jarvis and produced by ABC News. The series documents the disgraced biotechnology company Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes, played by Amanda Seyfried.
Laurie Metcalf Movies
2018 Supergirl Mary McGowan
2018–present The Conners
2020–2022 The Accidental Wolf
2021 Q-Force
2021 Chicago Party Aunt
2022 The Dropout
2022 Hacks
2006 Steel City
2006 Beer League
2007 Meet the Robinsons
2007 Georgia Rule
2008 Stop-Loss
2010 Toy Story 3
2017 Lady Bird
2019 Toy Story 4
2022 Somewhere in Queens
Laurie Metcalf Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Laurie’s estimated net worth is $14 million.
Is Laurie Metcalf Married
No. Laurie married Jeff Perry, co-founding member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1983 and divorced in 1986. Later, she began a relationship with Matt Roth, the Roseanne co-star who played her abusive boyfriend Fisher. They later married and divorced in 2014.
Who Is Laurie Metcalf
Laurie is a 67-year-old American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades throughout her career spanning over four decades, including two Tony Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards.