Editing (section) Laurie Metcalf 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3>Television-film career</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22broken-image%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Mary23.jpg%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3AMary23.jpg%7Cthumb%7CMary%20and%20Roseanne%20Barr%20on%20the%20Roseanne%20show.%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="5497-7200001765defc518cc771" class="placeholder placeholder-broken-image" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="broken-image" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->She has performed in roles that range from very large to very small in many films, including <i>Desperately Seeking Susan</i>, <i>Making Mr. Right</i>, <i>Miles from Home</i>, <i>Internal Affairs</i>, <i>Stars and Bars</i>, <i>Uncle Buck</i>, <i>Beer League</i>, <i>A Dangerous Woman</i>, <i>Pacific Heights</i>, <i>Blink</i>, <i>The Secret Life of Houses</i>, <i>Treasure Planet</i>, <i>Toy Story</i>, <i>Runaway Bride</i>, <i>Bulworth</i>, <i>Meet the Robinsons</i>, <i>Georgia Rule</i>, <i>Fun with Dick and Jane</i>, <i>Leaving Las Vegas</i>, and <i>Stop Loss</i>. In <i>JFK</i>, she played a dramatic role against type, as one of Jim Garrison's chief investigators. She appeared as the murderous mother of "Billy Loomis" in the horror film <i>Scream 2</i> and portrayed real-life Carolyn McCarthy in the television movie <i>The Long Island Incident</i>. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Metcalf has appeared in several television series, including being a cast member for only one episode of <i>Saturday Night Live</i>, but she is best-known as "Jackie", sister to the title character in the hit series <i>Roseanne</i>. Her performance garnered her three consecutive Emmy Awards. <i>Roseanne</i> ran from 1988 to 1997, and Laurie appeared as Jackie over the show's entire run. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">She subsequently appeared with Norm Macdonald on <i>The Norm Show</i> (or <i>Norm</i>), which ran for three seasons, and was also a regular character on the 2003 Nathan Lane series <i>Charlie Lawrence</i>, which was cancelled after only two episodes aired. She made guest appearances on <i>Absolutely Fabulous</i>, <i>Malcolm in the Middle</i>, <i>Monk</i>, <i>My Boys</i>, <i>Dharma & Greg</i>, <i>3rd Rock from the Sun</i>, <i>Frasier</i>, and <i>Without a Trace</i> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">She took a recurring role on <i>Desperate Housewives</i>—for which she received an Emmy and a Satellite Award nomination—and alongside her ex-husband Jeff Perry in an episode of <i>Grey's Anatomy</i>. In fall 2008, Metcalf starred in the 2008 CW dramedy <i>Easy Money</i> as the matriarch of a family of loan sharks. The series was canceled after only three episodes. She has also had a recurring guest star role as <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Sheldon%20Cooper%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Sheldon%20Cooper%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSheldon%20Cooper%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="5497-7200001765defc518cc771" class="new" title="Sheldon Cooper (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvU2hlbGRvbl9Db29wZXI/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Sheldon Cooper</a>'s mother Mary on <i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22The%20Big%20Bang%20Theory%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Big%20Bang%20Theory%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThe%20Big%20Bang%20Theory%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="5497-7200001765defc518cc771" class="new" title="The Big Bang Theory (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVGhlX0JpZ19CYW5nX1RoZW9yeT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">The Big Bang Theory</a></i>, alongside former Roseanne cast-mates <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Johnny%20Galecki%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Johnny%20Galecki%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJohnny%20Galecki%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="5497-7200001765defc518cc771" href="/wiki/Johnny_Galecki" title="Johnny Galecki">Johnny Galecki</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Sara%20Gilbert%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Sara%20Gilbert%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSara%20Gilbert%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="5497-7200001765defc518cc771" href="/wiki/Sara_Gilbert" title="Sara Gilbert">Sara Gilbert</a>. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The <i>Roseanne</i> spin-off has been ordered to series on June 21, 2018 titled known as <i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22The%20Conners%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Conners%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThe%20Conners%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="5497-7200001765defc518cc771" href="/wiki/The_Conners" title="The Conners">The Conners</a></i>. </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key roseanne:rte-parser-cache:2424 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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