Megan Mullally

Megan Mullally is best known for playing Karen Walker in the NBC sitcom Will & Grace (1998–2006, 2017–2020), for which she received eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, winning twice, in 2000 and 2006. She also received nominations for numerous other accolades for her portrayal, including seven consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, winning three times, in 2001, 2002, and 2003, as well as receiving four Golden Globe Award nominations.

From 2006 to 2007, Mullally hosted the talk show The Megan Mullally Show. Since then, she has been a series regular on several television series, such as In the Motherhood, Party Down, Childrens Hospital, and Breaking In. She has also appeared in guest spots and recurring roles on other comedy series including, Happy Endings, Bob's Burgers, Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock, Up All Night, Boston Legal, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and The Great North. In addition to television, Mullally has also ventured into film, with appearances in Smashed (2012), The Kings of Summer (2013), and Why Him? (2016).

Her stage credits include the Broadway revival of It’s Only a Play in 2014, in which she played Julia Budder, and the 2014 Off-Broadway New Group production of Annapurna, where she portrayed Emma. She appeared as Chloe Haddock (replacement) in the Broadway production of Lips Together, Teeth Apart in 2010, and played Elizabeth in the original Broadway production of Young Frankenstein in 2007. Her additional Broadway credits include Rosemary Pilkington in the 1995 Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Marty in the 1994 Broadway revival of Grease. Earlier in her career, she performed in Northwestern University’s 1977 production of A Little Night Music.

On October 6, 2023, A24's Dicks: The Musical was released, starring Mullally alongside Nathan Lane, Megan Thee Stallion, and the movie's writers, Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson.