Megan Mullally
Overview
Megan Mullally is an American actress and singer.
After working in the theatre in Chicago
, Mullally moved to Los Angeles
in 1985 and began to appear in supporting roles in film and television productions. She made her Broadway
debut in Grease
in 1994 and she has since appeared in several Broadway musicals. From 1998 until 2006, she played Karen Walker on the TV sitcom Will & Grace
, arguably her best-known role to date.
After working in the theatre in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Mullally moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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in 1985 and began to appear in supporting roles in film and television productions. She made her Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
debut in Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
in 1994 and she has since appeared in several Broadway musicals. From 1998 until 2006, she played Karen Walker on the TV sitcom Will & Grace
Will & Grace
Will & Grace was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1998 to May 18, 2006 for a total of eight seasons. Will & Grace remains the most successful television series with gay principal characters...
, arguably her best-known role to date.
Quotations
It doesn't matter who you love, it's that you love. Who cares if men marry men or women marry women? In San Francisco you don't care, and I applaud that. And I applaud Gavin Newsom|Mayor Newsom for being so brave.
Upon receiving GLAAD's Golden Gate Award, which honors a member of the entertainment or media community for their outstanding contribution in combating homophobia
See, I thought that Jay Leno|Jay has had too many high class, very hoity-toity guests on this week. And I wanted to bring everything down a notch or two.
Appearing on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno"