# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melissa-mccarthy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:13:40.854Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melissa-mccarthy"
name: "Melissa McCarthy"
slug: "melissa-mccarthy"
description: "Melissa Ann McCarthy is an American actress, comedian, and producer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and nominations for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. McCarthy was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016, and she has been featured multiple times in annual rankings of the highest-paid actresses in the world. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her #22 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century."
tagline: "American actress and comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melissa_McCarthy_in_2018_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1970-08-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           64.55
  momentum:             10.9836036036036
  historical:           29.17716
  currentAttention:     39.48
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 63
platforms:
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    handle:    "melissamccarthy"
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    handle:    "melissamccarthy"
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    handle:    "melissamccarthyofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565250/"
    handle:    "nm0565250"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump