Melissa McCarthy has been in a film.
Melissa McCarthy . She began appearing in television and films in the late 1990s , and first gained nationwide recognition for her role as Sookie St. James on the television series Gilmore Girls ( 2000 -- 2007 ) . In 2013 , she co-starred in the comedy films Identity Thief and The Heat . In 2014 , McCarthy starred in the comedy Tammy and the comedy-drama film St. Vincent .