Rosemary on ABC's "In the Motherhood"
Megan Mullally is best known for her two-time Emmy and four-time SAG Award-winning role as Karen Walker on "Will & Grace." Making her television series debut in 1986 with Elaine Stritch and Ellen Burstyn on "The Ellen Burstyn Show," she has since appeared as Stanley Tucci's wife in Paul Mazursky's award-winning HBO bio-pic, "Winchell," starred opposite Juliet Stevenson in Lifetime's "The Pact," and recently guest starred on the 2008-09 season premiere of "30 Rock," episodes of "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and "Boston Legal." She has also hosted her own syndicated daytime talk show, "The Megan Mullally Show."
Mullally made her Broadway debut as Marty in the 1994 revival of "Grease." She subsequently received a Drama League Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for her performance as Rosemary in the Broadway revival of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," opposite Matthew Broderick. She most recently starred as Elizabeth in Mel Brooks' hit Broadway musical, "Young Frankenstein," for which she received the Broadway.com Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. Her Los Angeles theater credits include "The Berlin Circle" at The Evidence Room Theater, for which she won the 2000 Backstage West Garland Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play and the L.A. Weekly Award for Best Leading Female Performance. She also appeared in "Mayhem" at The Evidence Room, as well as a variety of plays and musicals in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.
On the big screen, Mullally appeared in "Anywhere But Here," with Susan Sarandon, and starred in Marc Forster's "Everything Put Together" -- an entry in the 2000 Sundance Film Festival's main competition. She recently completed production on a remake of the 1980 film, "Fame." Other feature film credits include "Stealing Harvard," "Speaking of Sex" and "Rebound."
Mullally's recent concert appearances include The Allen Room at The Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, The Seattle Symphony, Chicago's Goodman Theatre, SUNY -- Buffalo Performing Arts and the Orange County Performing Arts Center -- all with her long-time band, Supreme Music Program. She also appeared as a soloist at The Disney Concert Hall.
Mullally has made three CDs with Supreme Music Program -- "Sweetheart," "Big As a Berry" and the recently recorded "Free Again!"
PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN Oklahoma City, OK
BIRTHDATE November 12
Rosemary is a free-wheeling mom who plays it fast and loose when it comes to parenting her teenaged son, Luke. Married numerous times, but currently single, Rosemary lives by her own rules. Much to the amazement of the other moms, her nontraditional parenting style has yielded a son much more responsible than she.