Laurie Metcalf Net Worth

Laurie Metcalf's Quotes

• I don't know if ISU helped me become what I am, but I know that if I hadn't gone there, I wouldn't be what I am today.
• I'm hideously shy as myself, but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.
• [on receiving an Oscar nomination, 2017] I'd like to think it's karma. I'd like to think that, having treated every single project as the most important one in that moment, and having worked your ass off and given 150 percent to each one, there's a little payback.

Interesting Facts about Laurie Metcalf

1. Great-great-niece of screenwriter, poet, and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Zoe Akins (Zoe was the sister of Laurie's maternal great-grandfather, James Duff Akins).
2. Best known for her role as Jackie Harris on Roseanne (1988).
3. Metcalf is a founding ensemble member of the famous Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. Her ex-husband, Jeff Perry, was one of the three founders of the troupe.
4. Received her BA in Theatre from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois in 1976.
5. Graduate of Edwardsville High School.
6. At one time typed 90 words per minute.
7. She grew up in the town of Edwardsville, Illinois.
8. Nominated for the 2008 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in David Mamet's "November".
9. Awarded the 1984 Theatre World Award and an Obie Award for her performance in "Balm in Gilead.".
10. Teaches Scene Study at Steppenwolf Theater School West in Los Angeles, California.
11. She was awarded the 1979 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Supporting Role in a Play for her performance in "The Glass Menagerie" at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
12. She was nominated for a 1980 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role for her performance in "Getting Out" at the Wisdom Bridge Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
13. She was awarded the 1981 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for "Balm in Gilead" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
14. She was nominated for a 1983 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Supporting Role in a Play for "And a Nightingale Sang" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
15. She was awarded the 1985 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for "Coyote Ugly" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
16. She was awarded the 1986 Joseph Jefferson Award for Cameo Performance for "You Can't Take It With You" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
17. She was awarded the 1987 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for "Educating Rita" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
18. She was awarded the 1992 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for "My Thing of Love" at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
19. She was nominated for a 1994 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Supporting Role in a Play for "Libra" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
20. She was nominated for a 1999 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.