Laurie Metcalf

Also Credited As:

Lauren Ophelia Metcal
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Biography

An early member of Chicago's revered Steppenwolf Theater Company, Metcalf garnered widespread critical acclaim for her performance in the troupe's off-Broadway mounting of "Balm of Gilead" in 1984. Four years later, the actress became known to mainstream American audiences as Jackie Harris, the melancholy but well-meaning sister of Roseanne Barr's titular matriarch on the hit sitcom "Roseanne" (ABC, 1988-1997). The increased visibility led the …
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Job Title

Actor, Other

Born

Lauren Ophelia Metcal on June 16, 1955 in Carbondale, Illinois, USA

LATEST CREDITS

The Long Island Incident

Carolyn McCarthy

Easy Money

Bobette Buffkin

Balloon Farm

Casey Johnson

The Norm Show

Laurie

Steven Wright in the Appointments of Dennis Jennings

Emma

The Secret Life of Houses

Ann

Roseanne

Jackie Harris

Dear God

Rebecca Frazen

Chicago on Stage

Herself

Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth

Actor

Internal Affairs

Amy Wallace

God, the Devil and Bob

of Donna Alman

Charlie Lawrence

Sarah Dolecek

Always Outnumbered

Halley Grimes

Mistress

Rachel Landisman

Intimate Portrait: Carolyn McCarthy

Narration

Pacific Heights

Stephanie MacDonald

Artie Lange's Beer League

Artie's Mom

Treasure Planet

Voice of Sarah

Blink

Candice

Absolutely Fabulous: White Box

Crystalline

Meet the Robinsons

Voice of Lucille Krunklehorn

Making Mr. Right

Sandy

Scream 2

Debbie Salt

Desperately Seeking Susan

Leslie Glass