She studied ballet from the age of six and performed in a ballet company during high school.

She moved to Los Angeles in 1981 and began appearing in bit parts in films and television. She made her series debut in The Ellen Burstyn Show and guest starred in popular sitcoms such as Seinfeld, Frasier, Wings, Ned and Stacey with future Will & Grace co-star Debra Messing, and Mad About You.

She won an Emmy Award in 2000 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (and was nominated again in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006). Although she did not win the Emmy in 2005, she did, based on votes from viewers, win the "Emmy Idol" award for singing the Green Acres theme song, in character as Karen, alongside Donald Trump.

Will & Grace ended in May 2006 and Mullally is set to start hosting a talk show in the fall of 2006.
Since 2003, she has been married to actor Nick Offerman (She was formerly married to talent agent Michael Katcher in the mid-1990s.

Birth Name: Megan Mullally
Date of Birth: November 12, 1958
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Filmography

• Bee Movie (2007)
• "Peep and the Big Wide World" (1 episode, 2006)
• Will & Grace: Say Goodnight Gracie (2006)
• "Will & Grace" (186 episodes, 1998-2006)
• Rebound (2005)
• Teacher's Pet (2004)
• The Pact (2002)
• Stealing Harvard (2002)
• "King of the Hill" (1 episode, 2002)
• Monkeybone (2001)
• Speaking of Sex (2001)
• "3rd Rock from the Sun" (1 episode, 2000)
• "Rachel Gunn, R.N." (13 episodes, 1992-2000)
• Everything Put Together (2000)
• Best Man in Grass Creek (1999)
• Anywhere But Here (1999)
• Winchell (1998)
• "Just Shoot Me!" (1 episode, 1998)
• "Caroline in the City" (1 episode, 1997)
• "The Naked Truth" (1 episode, 1997)
• "Extreme Ghostbusters" (1 episode, 1997)
• "Mad About You" (1 episode, 1997)
• "Frasier" (1 episode, 1997)
• "Ned and Stacey" (1 episode, 1997)
• The Flintstones Christmas in Bedrock (1996)
• Couples (1994)
• "Batman" (1 episode, 1994)
• Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (1993)
• "Herman's Head" (2 episodes, 1991-1993)
• "Seinfeld" (1 episode, 1993)
• I Yabba-Dabba Do! (1993)
• "Fish Police" (1992)
• "My Life and Times" (4 episodes, 1991)
• Queens Logic (1991)
• Rainbow Drive (1990)
• "Wings" (1 episode, 1990)
• "China Beach" (1 episode, 1989)
• "Murder, She Wrote" (1 episode, 1988)
• "The Ellen Burstyn Show" (1986)
• About Last Night... (1986)
• Last Resort (1986)
• Under the Biltmore Clock (1986)
• "Tall Tales and Legends" (1 episode, 1986)
• Once Bitten (1985)
• First Steps (1985)
• Risky Business (1983)
• The Children Nobody Wanted (1981)

Awards

• Emmy Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series "Will & Grace" 2006
• Screen Actors Guild Award Best Actress in a Television Series (Comedy) "Will & Grace" 2004
• The Actor Outstanding Female Actor in a Comedy Series "Will & Grace" 2002
• American Comedy Award Funniest Supporting Female in a Television Series "Will & Grace" 2001
• The Actor Outstanding Female Actor in a Comedy Series "Will & Grace" 2001
• The Actor Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series "Will & Grace" 2000
• Emmy Oustanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series "Will & Grace" 1999