FrameThrower · Actors · Melissa McCarthy
Melissa McCarthy
6 films · 696 frames · top-billed in 4 · 2012–2018
Born 26 August 1970 · Plainfield, Illinois, USA
Melissa Ann McCarthy is an American actress, screenwriter, and producer. She has received numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. McCarthy was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016, and she has been featured multiple times in annual rankings of the highest-paid actresses in the world. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her #22 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.
McCarthy began appearing on television and in film in the late 1990s. She first gained recognition for her role as Sookie St. James on the television series Gilmore Girls (2000–2007).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 6 films · 696 frames · top-billed in 4 · 2012–2018
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series2017
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series2011
- The Razzie Redeemer Award2018
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress2018
- MTV Comedic Genius Award2016
- MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance2012
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 696 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work Melissa takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 6 films we hold, 54% of their frames are day, 51% natural — the look of the work Melissa takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 696 frames from Melissa McCarthy's 6 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.