Laura Elizabeth Metcalf (born on June 16, 1955 in Carbondale, Illinois) is an American actor.
Over the course of her storied career, Metcalf has won three Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards. In addition, she has received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations.
Metcalf is well-known for playing Jackie Harris in Roseanne, a role which won her the three Emmys, but has also become known more recently for playing Mary Cooper in The Big Bang Theory and Marion McPherson in Lady Bird, the latter of which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
She has four children, one of whom is actor Zoe Perry (known for also playing Mary Cooper... in Theory's spinoff Young Sheldon).
Movies Laurie Metcalf has appeared in:
- Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
- Uncle Buck (1989)
- Internal Affairs (1990)
- Pacific Heights (1990)
- JFK (1991)
- Toy Story
- Toy Story (1995)
- Toy Story 2 (1999)
- Toy Story 3 (2010)
- Toy Story 4 (2019)
- Scream 2 (1997)
- Runaway Bride (1999)
- Treasure Planet (2002)
- Meet the Robinsons (2007)
- Georgia Rule (2007)
- Lady Bird (2018)
TV shows Laurie Metcalf has appeared in:
- Saturday Night Live (1981, 1988)
- The Equalizer (1986)
- Cheers (1992)
- Roseanne (1988-1997, 2018)
- Dharma & Greg (1997)
- 3rd Rock from the Sun (1998)
- The Norm Show (1999-2001)
- Malcolm in the Middle (2004)
- Frasier (2004)
- Without a Trace (2005)
- Monk (2006)
- Grey's Anatomy (2006)
- Desperate Housewives (2006)
- My Boys (2006)
- The Big Bang Theory (2007-2018)
- Getting On (2013-2015)
- The McCarthys (2014 - 2015)
- Supergirl (2018)
- The Conners (2018-)
- Q-Force (2021-)
- The Dropout (2022)