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Biography

Laurie Metcalf is probably best known as the relationship-challenged Jackie Harris on Roseanne. She grew up in the small Illinois town of Edwardsville where…more

Born

6/16/1955, Carbondale, Illinois

Birth Name

Lauren Ophelia Metcalfe

Gender

Female

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- Easy Money
  Bobette Buffkin
  - S 1: Ep 7 Bella Roma
    8/9/09
  - S 1: Ep 1 DNA
    10/5/08
- Easy Money
  Bobbette Buffkin
  - S 1: Ep 5 Extra Mayo
    7/26/09
  - S 1: Ep 4 Chock Full O' Nuts
    10/26/08
  - S 1: Ep 3 Collateral Damage
    10/19/08
  - S 1: Ep 2 Sub-Prime
    10/12/08
- Charlie Lawrence
  Sarah Grimes
  - S 1: Ep 2 New Kid in School
    6/22/03
  - S 1: Ep 1 A Vote of No Confidence
    6/15/03
  - S 1: Ep 4 Dinner and a Breakdown
  - S 1: Ep 7 What's Wrong with This Picture?
  - S 1: Ep 3 Charlie Got Game
  - + 2 More Credits
- God, the Devil and Bob
  Donna Alman
  - S 1: Ep 13 Bob Gets Involved
    6/15/03
  - S 1: Ep 11 Bob's Father
    6/15/03
  - S 1: Ep 10 There's Too Much Sex on TV
    6/15/03
  - S 1: Ep 12 God's Girlfriend
    6/15/03
  - S 1: Ep 9 Bob Gets Greedy
    6/13/03
  - + 8 More Credits
- Norm
  Laurie Freeman
  - S 3: Ep 24 Norm vs. Shelley's Old Flame
    4/6/01
  - S 3: Ep 23 Norm Comes Back
    3/30/01
  - S 3: Ep 22 Norm's Free
    3/23/01
  - S 3: Ep 21 Norm vs. Cuba
    3/16/01
  - S 3: Ep 20 Norm vs. Deception
    3/9/01
  - + 50 More Credits
- Roseanne
  Jackie Harris
  - S 9: Ep 24 Into That Good Night (2)
    5/20/97
  - S 9: Ep 23 Into That Good Night (1)
    5/20/97
  - S 9: Ep 21 The Truth Be Told
    3/18/97
  - S 9: Ep 20 Roseanne-Feld
    3/4/97
  - S 9: Ep 19 The Miracle
    2/25/97
  - + 214 More Credits
Guest Star (22)

Role
- The Big Bang Theory
  Mary Cooper
  - S 4: Ep 3 The Zazzy Substitution
    10/7/10
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation
    9/21/09
- Raines
  Alice Brody
  - S 1: Ep 3 Reconstructing Alice
    3/30/07
- My Boys
  Aunt Phyllis
  - S 1: Ep 11 When Heroes Fall From Grace
    12/27/06
- Desperate Housewives
  Carolyn Bigsby
  - S 3: Ep 7 Bang
    11/5/06
  - S 3: Ep 6 Sweetheart, I Have to Confess
    10/29/06
  - S 3: Ep 2 It Takes Two
    10/1/06
  - S 3: Ep 1 Listen to the Rain on the Roof
    9/24/06
- Grey's Anatomy
  Beatrice
  - S 2: Ep 22 The Name of the Game
    4/2/06
- Monk
  Cora
  - S 4: Ep 11 Mr. Monk Bumps His Head
    1/20/06
- Without a Trace
  Susan Hopkins
  - S 4: Ep 8 A Day in the Life
    11/17/05
- Absolutely Fabulous
  Crystalline
  - S 5: Ep 10 White Box
    12/25/04
- Malcolm in the Middle
  Susan
  - S 5: Ep 13 Lois' Sister
    2/22/04
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
  Andy's Mom
  - S 5: Ep 4 Toy Story 2
    11/4/01
  - S 1: Ep 1 Toy Story
    9/28/97
- E! True Hollywood Story
  Herself - Archive Footage
  - S 4: Ep 19 Roseanne
    4/23/00
- 3rd Rock from the Sun
  Jennifer
  - S 4: Ep 7 D3: Judgement Day
    11/11/98
  - S 4: Ep 6 I Am Dick Pentameter!
    11/4/98
- Dharma & Greg
  Spyder
  - S 1: Ep 11 Instant Dharma
    12/10/97
- Life With Louie
  Miss Kinney
  - S 3: Ep 9 The Kiss is the Thing
    11/15/97
- King of The Hill
  Cissy Cobb
  - S 1: Ep 9 Peggy the Boggle Champ
    4/13/97
- Duckman
  Voice of Various Women
  - S 3: Ep 2 Forbidden Fruit
    1/13/96
- Duckman
  Voice of Unknown
  - S 2: Ep 8 Research and Destroy
    5/1/95
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 168 April 28, 1995
    4/28/95
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 142 Show #0361
    4/18/95
- Frasier
  Nanette "Nanny G" Guzman
- The Equalizer
  Theresa
  - S 1: Ep 20 No Conscience
    3/5/86
- Saturday Night Live
  Interviewer
  - S 6: Ep 13 Chevy Chase/Jr. Walker and the All Stars
    4/11/81
Special Guest Star (2)

Role
- The Big Bang Theory
  Mary Cooper
  - S 5: Ep 6 The Rhinitis Revelation
    10/20/11
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Luminous Fish Effect
    10/15/07
- Frasier
  Nanette "Nanny G" Guzman
  - S 11: Ep 15 Caught in the Act
    2/24/04

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- Laurie Metcalf was nominated for a Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Play 2008 Tony Award for her performance as lesbian presidential speech writer Clarise Bernstein, opposite Nathan Lane (conservative President Charles Smith), in David Mamet's comedy November, but lost to Rondi Reed, who was honored for her role in August:Osage County.
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- In 1976, Laurie earned a BA in Theatre from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.
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- Laurie Metcalf has been nominated for a 2007 Primetime Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series for her role as Carolyn Bigsby in the ABC series, Desperate Housewives.
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- Laurie Metcalf: (about majoring first in German, then in anthropology, before graduating with a degree in Theater from Illinois State University in 1976) I was too practical to major in theater. Acting - what was I going to do with acting? There was no future in it.
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- Laurie Metcalf: I'm hideously shy as myself, but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.
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- Laurie Metcalf: (referring to Illinois State University, Normal, IL, where she earned a BA in Theater in 1976) I don't know if ISU helped me become what I am, but I know that if I hadn't gone there, I wouldn't be what I am today.
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