Laurie Metcalf

Laurie Metcalfe is an American actress who, through hard work, multiplied her innate artistic talent and with her entire biography proved that nothing is impossible for any person. Even when it comes to the dream of becoming a screen star. In addition to screen images, theatrical works also brought fame to Laurie.

Lauren Elizabeth Laurie Metcalfe - this is the full name of the actress - was born on June 16, 1955 in the town of Carbondale, Illinois. Almost immediately after the birth of their daughter, the Laurie family moved to Edwardsville in the same state. Later, the future star had two younger sisters.

Laurie's father worked at the university, was engaged in the finances of the educational institution. The girl's mother was a librarian. Great-aunt Laurie Metcalfe is also known to have written plays and even won a Pulitzer Prize.

Perhaps Lori took her interest in acting and theater from her talented great-aunt. Be that as it may, since childhood, the girl loved theatrical performances and even staged her own plays and plays with friends and sisters. And after graduating from school, Lori Metcalfe went to university to study theatrical behind the scenes professionally. Laurie received her BA in Theater Arts in 1977.

As a student, Metcalfe met John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, Glenn Headley, Joan Allen. This group of students started a theater company called the Steppenwolf Theater Company. It was with this company that Laurie Metcalfe made her artistic debut. Interestingly, friends gave Lori the nickname "crazy pants", which translates into Russian as "crazy pants" - the actress was so groovy and full of ideas and plans.

Laurie Metcalfe received her first acting experience on the stage. The screen debut of the girl was the picture "Wedding", filmed in 1978. Unfortunately, Laurie's role was so small that the actress's name did not even make it into the final credits. However, this also became a good "combat" experience for the aspiring actress.

Gradually, Laurie Metcalfe's filmography was replenished with new works, the girl had her first fans. In parallel, the actress played in the theater. But real glory never came. What is true popularity, Laurie Metcalfe found out only in 1988, when the first episode of the Rosanna series was released.

This funny sitcom fell in love with the audience and for many years delighted fans with new episodes and sparkling jokes. Here, Laurie Metcalfe's colleagues on the set were Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Sarah Gilbert, Alicia Goranson. For her role in Roseanne, the actress won three Emmy awards.

Roseanne wasn't the only series in Laurie Metcalfe's career. In the projects "You can't forbid living beautifully", "Anatomy of Passion", "Malcolm in the Spotlight" and others, the actress played episodic characters. Laurie Metcalfe also appeared in the cult TV series The Big Bang Theory, playing Sheldon's mother, one of the central characters.

It is noteworthy that in the series "Young Sheldon", which tells, as the name implies, about the youth of Sheldon Cooper from "The Big Bang Theory", the boy's mother played the daughter of Laurie Metcalfe - actress Zoe Perry.

Laurie also appeared in the popular TV series Desperate Housewives. Here the actress got the secondary role of the neighbor of the main characters, who once took people hostage in a supermarket. This episode brought Laurie Metcalfe another Emmy award, and the series itself received high marks from film critics.

In 2008, Laurie Metcalfe was invited to play the lead role in a multi-part project called Easy Money. It seemed that the next sitcom promises to become popular. However, the hopes of directors and producers did not come true, and filming stopped after three episodes shot.

Among the roles of Laurie Metcalfe in the films, it is worth noting the horror picture "Scream 2", the drama by Robert Frank "Lollipop Mountain", the thriller by John Sleasinger "The Tenant" (another version of the translation of the title of the picture - "Pacific Heights"). In the last film, Laurie Metcalfe played with actors Michael Keaton, Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine.

The plot of the film "The Tenant" keeps the audience in suspense until the last shot: a young couple rented out several rooms in a man's house. Spouses need money to pay the bank for buying a house. However, the tenant, seemingly a decent person, is not as simple as it seems.

Lori Metcalfe is also known for her behind-the-scenes work: in the touching comedy cartoon Toy Story, the mother of Andy Davis, the main character, spoke in the voice of the actress.

The first husband of Laurie Metcalfe was a colleague in the company of the actress "Steppenwolf Theater Company" Jeff Perry. In 1984, Laurie gave her husband a daughter, Zoe. Unfortunately, almost immediately after the birth of the child, this marriage fell apart.

Almost ten years later, in 1993, Laurie remarried. The new lover of the actress was Matt Roth, whom Laurie met on the set of Roseanne.

In this marriage, two children were born - the son of Will Theron Roth (in 1993) and May Akins (born from a surrogate mother in 2005). And three years later, in 2008, the couple decided to adopt another child, becoming the parents of their third son.

Lori Metcalfe and Matt Roth divorced in 2014. Roth soon married actress Stephanie Childers, but Laurie Metcalfe's heart, apparently, is still free.

In 2018, another picture was released with Laurie Metcalfe, which is now being discussed by movie lovers. "Lady Bird" - "Lady Bird" - this is how the main character, the girl Christina (actress Saoirse Ronan), calls herself. Like many teenagers, Christina dreams of finding herself and has difficulty communicating with her peers and with her mother (played by Laurie Metcalfe). Such a difficult role once again allowed Metcalfe to demonstrate his acting talent.

And in the spring of 2018, photos of the actress, apparently, will reappear on the pages of publications about cinema. The fact is that the shooting of the long-awaited tenth season of the series "Rosanna" is already underway. The details are still kept secret, however, according to rumors, the main cast agreed to participate in the continuation of the project.

1985 - Desperately Seeking Susan 1987 - Candy Mountain 1988 - 1997 - Roseanne 1990 - The Tenant 1992 - The Lover 1993 - The Dangerous Woman 1994 - The Secret Life of Houses 1997 - Hell Taxi 1997 - "Scream 2" 1998 - "The Third Planet from the Sun" 2006 - "Beer League" 2006 - "Desperate Housewives" 2007-2014 - "The Big Bang Theory" 2017 - "Lady Bird"

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