Laurie Metcalf, American actress
Laura Elizabeth Metcalf (born June 16, 1955) is an American actress. She has received various accolades throughout her career spanning over four decades, including two Tony Awards and three Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards.
Metcalf began her career with the famed Steppenwolf Theatre Company and frequently works in Chicago theatre. For her Broadway performances, she 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.
She gained national attention for her performance as Jackie Harris on the sitcom Roseanne (1988–1997, 2018) and its spinoff The Conners (2018–present), for which she won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She is an 11-time Emmy Award nominee, and her other television credits include 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Norm Show, Frasier, Desperate Housewives, Horace and Pete, and The Big Bang Theory. From 2013 to 2015, Metcalf headlined the HBO series Getting On (2013–2015), for which she received critical acclaim and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.In film, Metcalf is best known for her widely lauded performance as Marion McPherson in Greta Gerwig's comedy-drama film Lady Bird (2017). Her performance earned the Best Supporting Actress prize from 22 critics' groups, and she was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award, and a BAFTA Award. From 1995, she has voiced Mrs. Davis, the mother of Andy, in the Toy Story franchise, and voiced Sarah Hawkins in the Disney animated Treasure Planet (2002). Other notable film credits include Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Uncle Buck (1989), JFK (1991), Dear God (1996), and Georgia Rule (2007).