At the same time, the film offers started to pile in, and McCarthy featured in The Back-Up Plan and Life As We Know It, before the riotous smash, Bridesmaids, sent her hurtling up the comedy tree, with lead roles – in films such as Identity Thief, The Heat, Tammy, and Spy – finally coming her way. When that show was cancelled after seven years (it’s still uncertain whether or not she’ll appear in the upcoming Gilmore Girls reunion series), McCarthy became a regular on Christine Applegate’s Samantha Who, before landing her own TV comedy series in 2010 as one half of Mike & Molly. While honing her skills as a standup comedian at New York’s The Improv, she languished as nameless characters – think “paramedic” or “waitress” – in TV and film, earning her first break in 2000 on TV’s popular Gilmore Girls as Sookie St. Currently one of the biggest comedy stars on the planet, Melissa McCarthy’s success is even sweeter given that it’s been a long, tough slog to the top.

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