HR0533 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate Melissa McCarthy for winning the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series as Molly Flynn in the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly; and

WHEREAS, Melissa was raised on a farm in Plainfield, in a "big, Irish-Catholic family"; she graduated from Joliet Catholic Academy (Formerly St. Francis Academy) in Joliet; her former classmates say she was always "funny and witty" in the classroom and would add one-liners to any conversation; her career started with stand-up comedy and includes film, television, and theater; and

WHEREAS, At the beginning of her career in 1997, she appeared in an episode of the NBC comedy series Jenny; later, she had supporting roles in the films The Kid, Charlie's Angels, Go, The Third Wheel, and The Life of David Gale; she also did voice work in 3 episodes of Kim Possible, where she played DNAmy; she may be most well known for her role of Sookie St. James, Lorelai Gilmore's best friend on The Gilmore Girls; and

WHEREAS, In the midst of her career, Melissa married her longtime boyfriend, Ben Falcone, who is also an actor; they have 2 daughters, Vivian and Georgette; while pregnant with Vivian, her pregnancy was written into the Gilmore Girls script; and

WHEREAS, In her most recent work she has played character roles in The Back-Up Plan, Life as We Know It, and the successful and critically lauded film, Bridesmaids; since 2010, she has played a leading role as Molly Flynn in Mike and Molly, for which she won her Emmy; and

WHEREAS, Residents in her home town say that Melissa has not forgotten where she came from and has not changed at all; her Emmy acceptance speech mentioned her home town of Plainfield; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Melissa McCarthy for receiving the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Melissa McCarthy as a symbol of our respect and esteem.