Biography
Rhea Jo Perlman is an American actress and author. She is well-known for playing head waitress Carla Tortelli in the popular sitcom Cheers (1982–1993). Over the course of 11 seasons, Perlman was nominated for 10 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress, winning four, and was nominated for a record six Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series. She has also appeared in films, including Canadian Bacon (1995), Matilda (1996), The Sessions (2012), Poms (2019) and Barbie (2023). In 2025, Perlman had a guest role in the second season of the crime mystery series Poker Face.
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Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series · 1989
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series · 1986
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series · 1985
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series · 1984
Filmography50+ titles
Harley Quinn
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Simpsons
Roc
The Studio
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Frasier
Cheers
Poker Face
Wilfred
Amazing Stories
The Goldbergs
Mom
The Critic
Taxi
Shooter
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
Hot in Cleveland
A Tale of Two Bunnies
Becker
Matilda
Sing
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Matlock
Not Dead Yet
Saving Flora
American Dad!
Happily Ever After
Barbie
The Sessions
Saturday Night Live
Mad About You
Marvelous and the Black Hole
Poms
My Little Pony
Hung
Ally McBeal
Sunset Park
To Grandmother's House We Go
I'll See You in My Dreams
Getting On
The Mindy Project
My Little Pony: The Movie
10 Items or Less
Class Act
Blossom
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story