Biography
Laurie Metcalf is an American actress, which stubbornly imagined the congenital artistic talent and proved all his biography that there is nothing impossible for any person. Even if we are talking about the dream of becoming a screen of the screen. In addition to screen images, the fame of Luri and theatrical works were brought.Childhood and youth
Lauren Elizabeth Laurie Metcalf is such a complete name of the actress - was born on June 16, 1955 in the town of Carbondale, which is in Illinois. Almost immediately after the birth of the daughter, Laurie moved to Edwardsville in the same state. Later, the future star was born two younger sisters.
Father Lori worked at the university, she was engaged in finance educational institutions. Mother girl was a librarian. It is also known that Laurie Metcalf's cousin wrote a play and even received a Pulitzer Prize.
Perhaps interest in acting and theater Laurie moved from a talented cousin. Be that as it may, the girl from childhood loved theatrical productions and even put her own scenes and performances with friends and sisters. And graduating from school, Laurie Metcalf went to the university to study theatrical stoken professionally. In 1977, Lori received a bachelor of theatrical art diploma.
Being a student, Metcalf met John Malkovich, Gary Blue, Glenn Headley, Joan Allen. This group of students organized a theater company called "Steppenwolf Theater Company". In this company, the artistic debut Laurie Metcalf took place. Interestingly, friends assigned Laurie nickname "Crazy Pants", which translates into Russian as "crazy pants" - so actress was a clockwork and complete ideas and plans.
Films
The first acting experience Laurie Metcalf received on the theater scene. The girl's "Wedding" painting, shot in 1978 became the screen debut. Unfortunately, Lori's role was so small that the actress's name did not even fall into final titles. However, it became a good "combat" experience for a beginner actress.
Gradually, the Laurie Metcalf filmography was replenished with new works, the girl had the first fans. In parallel, the actress played in the theater. But the real glory did not come. What is true popularity, Laurie Metcalf found out only in 1988, when the first series of the Rosanna's Master Series was published.
This funny Sitka fell in love with the audience and many years he glad the fans with new episodes and sparkling jokes. Here by the colleagues Laurie Metcalf on the set of Rosanna Barr, John Gudman, Sarah Gilbert, Alicia Granson. For the role in Rosanne, the actress received three awards "Emmy".
"Rosanna" was not the only series in the career Laurie Metcalf. The projects "beautifully do not prohibit", "anatomy of passion", "Malcolm in the spotlight" and other actress played episodic characters. Also Lori Metcalf appeared in the cult series "Theory of the Big Explosion", playing Mama Sheldon, one of the central heroes.
It is noteworthy that in the TV series "Young Sheldon", telling how it is clear from the title, about the youth of Sheldon Cooper from the "Theory of the Big Explosion", the mother of the boy played the daughter of Lori Metcalf - actress Zoe Perry.
Lori appeared in the popular TV series "Desperate Housewives". Here, the actress got the secondary role of the neighbor of the main characters, which once captured people hostage in the supermarket. This episode brought Laurie Metcalf next award "Emmy", and the series itself received high estimates of film critics.
In 2008, Laurie Metcalf was invited to a major role in a multi-metering project, called "light money." It seemed another Sitkom promises to become popular. However, the hopes of the director and producers were not justified, and the shooting stopped after three filtered series.
Among the roles of Laurie Metcalf in films should be celebrated the painting of the horror "Creek 2", the Drama of Robert Frank "Leddy Mountain", Triller John Seleneger "Zhilts" (another version of the translation of the picture name - "Pasifik-Hights district). In the last film, Laurie Metcalf played with Michael Kitton actors, Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modaya.
The plot of the paintings "Zhilts" holds the audience in suspense to the last frame: a young couple passed several rooms in the house of a man. Money spouses need to pay off the bank for buying a house. However, the tenant, seemingly seemingly a decent person, is not as simple as it seems.
Lori Metcalf and Frame Works are known: Mom Andy Davis, the main character spoke in the touching comedy cartoon "Toy History" by the voice of the actress.
Personal life
The first husband Lori Metcalf became a colleague on the company "Steppenwolf Theater Company" Jeff Perry. In 1984, Laurie gave the wife of the daughter of Zoe. Unfortunately, almost immediately after the birth of the child, this marriage collapsed.
Almost ten years later, in 1993, Laurie married the second time. Matt Roth became a new beloved actress, with whom Laurie met on the "Roseanna" shooting platform.
In this marriage, two children were born - the son of Will Theron Roth (in 1993) and May Akins (born from the surrogate mother in 2005). And three years later, in 2008, the spouses decided to adopt another child, becoming parents of the Third Son.
In 2014, Laurie Metcalf and Matt Roth divorced. The mouth soon married the actress Stephanie Childers, but the heart of Laurie Metcalf, apparently, is still free.
Lori Metcalf now
In 2018, the next picture was published with Laurie Metcalf, which is now being discussed by movie lovers. "Lady Berd" - "Lady Bird" - so the main heroine calls itself, Christina girl (actress Sirsha Ronan). Like many teenagers, Christina dreams of finding herself and is experiencing difficulties with peers and mother (which Laurie Metcalf played). Such a difficult role once again allowed Metcalf to demonstrate acting talent.
And in the spring of 2018, the photo actresses, apparently, will again appear on the pages of publications about the movie. The fact is that the shooting of the long-awaited tenth season of the series "Rosanna" is already being shot. The details are still kept secret, however, according to rumors, the main acting agreed to participate in the continuation of the project.
Filmography
- 1985 - "Desperately looking for Susan"
- 1987 - "Leddy Mountain"
- 1988 - 1997 - "Rosanna"
- 1990 - "Zhilts"
- 1992 - "Lover"
- 1993 - "Dangerous Woman"
- 1994 - "The Secret Life of Houses"
- 1997 - "Hell Taxi"
- 1997 - "Creek 2"
- 1998 - "Third Planet from Sun"
- 2006 - "Beer League"
- 2006 - "Desperate Housewives"
- 2007-2014 - "The Theory of Big Bang"
- 2017 - "Lady Berd"