Biography
Rhea Jo Perlman (born March 31, 1948) is an American actress and writer. She is best known for her role as head-waitress Carla Tortelli in the sitcom Cheers (1982–1993). Over the course of 11 seasons, Perlman was nominated for ten Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress – winning four times – and was nominated for a record seven 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), and Poms (2019).
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
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
The Simpsons
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Roc
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
The Studio
Frasier
Cheers
Poker Face
The Goldbergs
Wilfred
Amazing Stories
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!
Barbie
The Sessions
Saturday Night Live
Mad About You
Marvelous and the Black Hole
Poms
Hung
Ally McBeal
Sunset Park
To Grandmother's House We Go
I'll See You in My Dreams
Getting On
My Little Pony: The Movie
The Mindy Project
10 Items or Less
Class Act
Blossom
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
13: The Musical
Robot and Monster