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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Melissa McCarthy 
4for winning the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy 
5Series as Molly Flynn in the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Melissa was raised on a farm in Plainfield, in a 
7"big, Irish-Catholic family"; she graduated from Joliet 
8Catholic Academy (Formerly St. Francis Academy) in Joliet; her 
9former classmates say she was always "funny and witty" in the 
10classroom and would add one-liners to any conversation; her 
11career started with stand-up comedy and includes film, 
12television, and theater; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, At the beginning of her career in 1997, she 
14appeared in an episode of the NBC comedy series Jenny; later, 
15she had supporting roles in the films The Kid, Charlie's 
16Angels, Go, The Third Wheel, and The Life of David Gale; she 
17also did voice work in 3 episodes of Kim Possible, where she 
18played DNAmy; she may be most well known for her role of Sookie 
19St. James, Lorelai Gilmore's best friend on The Gilmore Girls; 
20and
 
21    WHEREAS, In the midst of her career, Melissa married her 
22longtime boyfriend, Ben Falcone, who is also an actor; they 
 
 
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1have 2 daughters, Vivian and Georgette; while pregnant with 
2Vivian, her pregnancy was written into the Gilmore Girls 
3script; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, In her most recent work she has played character 
5roles in The Back-Up Plan, Life as We Know It, and the 
6successful and critically lauded film, Bridesmaids; since 
72010, she has played a leading role as Molly Flynn in Mike and 
8Molly, for which she won her Emmy; and

  
 
9    WHEREAS, Residents in her home town say that Melissa has 
10not forgotten where she came from and has not changed at all; 
11her Emmy acceptance speech mentioned her home town of 
12Plainfield; therefore, be it
  
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
14NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
15we congratulate Melissa McCarthy for receiving the Emmy Award 
16for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series; and be it 
17further
  
 
18    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
19presented to Melissa McCarthy as a symbol of our respect and 
20esteem.