Melissa McCarthy

Written and reviewed by Emma Carter Updated August 25, 2026 Fact checked August 25, 2026

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Ben Falcone (husband)

Date of birth: August 25, 1973

Melissa never gets tired to thank her beloved husband, actor, and producer Ben Falcone, for the great family they have. In her interview with “People”, the actress confessed, that she stopped worrying about her body weight due to the support and patience of her kind-hearted husband. They met in 1995 when both were busy at the Los Angeles theater company “The Groundlings”. During the year they were just friends and spent a lot of time together drinking beer with other Groundlings actors at the local bar. Finally, they had an extra beer tête-a-tête and admitted that they both liked each other.

Ben and Melissa exchanged vows officially on October 8, 2005. Read “Ben Falcone Family” to know about Melissa’s husband more. Their happy marriage resulted in the birth of two daughters.

Vivian Falcone (daughter)

Date of birth: May 5, 2007

Melissa and her husband Ben became the parents of two beautiful girls. Their oldest daughter is named Vivian. The girl, who is called the little copy of her mother, has been interested in acting since the earliest age. She was just four years old when she put on her mother’s tiara from the Emmy ceremony and pretended to be an actress. At the age of nine, she appeared in the film “The Boss” as the childhood version of her mother’s heroine Michelle Darnell. In 2021 Vivian starred in the film again. That was the superhero film “Thunder Force”, starring her mother and directed by her father.

Although Vivian gained some popularity as a child actress, her parents still insist, they don’t encourage their girl to become a movie star and want her to focus on her education.

Georgette Falcone (daughter)

Date of birth: March 22, 2010

Georgette is the second daughter of stellar parents Melissa and Ben. After her birth, Melissa gained some extra weight, but she didn’t pay attention to it as she was so into her motherhood duties. Like her sister, she debuted in the film “The Boss” and then acted in “Thunder Force”. The girl likes acting, but still, she is not sure to become an entertainer in the future.

Michael McCarthy (father)

Date of birth: October 30, 1939

Melissa comes from a happy friendly family. She grew up on a soybean farm and spent the major part of her day hanging out with her friends in the open air. Her father, Michael McCarthy, was a mild-mannered person and he didn’t accept his daughter’s ideas to become a fashion designer (as she dreamed of during her high school years). Melissa wanted to find herself in her teens and tried the image of a goth. Later she told that she was thankful to her father for his wise attitude towards her “experiments”. But he beat her idea to enter the New York Fashion Institute of Technology, which made her turn her face to stand-up comedy.

Michael resides in Plainfield, Illinois with his wife Sandra. They both are retired as of now but still have busy schedules. The couple goes out for tea with their friends and spends three times a week in a casino, playing one-penny slots (as Melissa told at the Ellen DeGeneres show). Previously, he worked as a high school teacher, but later he worked as a railroad company arbitrator.

Michael is proud of his daughter’s success and supports her activities. Nevertheless, he caused some contradiction, when he didn’t attend the ceremony of Melissa’s receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. That caused rumors of a father-daughter conflict. But at The Graham Norton Show, the star denied the rumors and told that her dad missed the ceremony because he “needed to de-weed a lake”. In any case, Melissa and her father have warm relationships and support each other.

Sandra McCarthy (mother)

Date of birth: April 10, 1942

Melissa’s mother is named Sandra McCarthy Cook. Her name is shortened to “Sandy” in the family circle. By the way, Sandy calls her younger daughter “Missy”, and for many years Melissa responded to just this name.

In her numerous interviews, Melissa told that her mother taught her a lot. She taught her to be kind to others – people and animals – and to make the world nicer.

Sandy was born and raised in Higganum, CT. She has been married to Melissa’s father Michael since 1964. The woman has been working for the World Book Encyclopedia. Melissa confessed that she dared to give acting a chance mostly due to the support of her parents. Her mother never told the actress, that she had no chance in it. On the contrary, Sandy always advised her daughter to follow her dreams.

Except for Missy, Sandy has another daughter – Margie.

Margie McCarthy (older sister)

Date of birth: August 14, 1967

Melissa has just one sibling – an older sister Marjorie McCarthy. The woman leads a very private lifestyle, so not much is known about her. Margie and Missy share a close bond. They attended the same school and hang out together after classes. Margie took her younger sister to Boulder, Colorado and they both made clothes for the dancing company. Finally, Margie supported her sister’s decision to move to New York and start a career as a stand-up comedian.

Margie stood behind Melissa’s success, too. She sent her sister the newspaper note that the theater company “The Groundlings” was looking for actors. Thus, indirectly she helped her sister start acting professionally and meet her future husband Ben.

Melissa’s sister is a Highlands Ranch resident as of now. She is self-employed. Previously, she owned the company Amelia Alexandre, Inc. Sometimes she supervises her sister at red-carpet events.