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Melissa Peterman

Film Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress | * 07/01/1971 (52) | Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States of America (USA))
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Melissa Peterman is an American actress and comedian. She has played the role of Barbra Jean in the television comedy series Reba, appeared as Bonnie Wheeler in the ABC Family/Freeform series Baby Daddy, and was host of ABC Family's Dancing Fools, ABC's Bet on Your Baby, and CMT's The Singing Bee. Since 2017, she has played Brenda Sparks in The Big Bang Theory spinoff series Young Sheldon. Since August 2022, she is the host of the television game show Person, Place or Thing. ()
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Melissa Peterman (born July 1, 1971) is an American actress and comedian, who is best known for her role as Barbra Jean in the television comedy series Reba (2001-2007). She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and raised in suburban Burnsville.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Romance / Love | Kids & Family

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Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wea ...

Fargo

R

1996 | 3.9/5 | 1h 38min
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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A high school biology teacher moonlights as a mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to save the school's music program. ...

Here Comes the Boom

PG

2012 | 3.1/5 | 1h 45min
Comedy, Action, Drama, Music
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Multi-platinum rap superstars Redman and Method Man star as Jamal and Silas, two regular guys who smoke something magical, ace their college entrance exams and wind up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are ...

How High

Certification unknown

2001 | 3.2/5 | 1h 33min
Comedy
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After her dentist husband of 20 years leaves her for his dental hygienist, Reba Hart's seemingly perfect world is turned upside down.​ ...

Reba

TV-PG

2001 | 3.4/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy
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Movies with Melissa Peterman as Actress(11)

as Pamela2023 Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up
as Kris2023 The Hammer
2023 Yuletide the Knot
as Pamela2022 Haul Out the Holly
as Linda2018 A Gingerbread Romance
as Kim2014 Muffin Top: A Love Story
as Lauren Voss2012 Here Comes the Boom
as Nancy Shmaedeke2007 Cook-Off!
as Gigi Grant2003 Recipe for Disaster
as Mrs. Sheila Cain2001 How High
as Hooker #21996 Fargo

TV Shows/Series with Melissa Peterman as Actress(16)

as Self - Panelist2019 Nashville Squares
as Mrs. Harris2019 Sydney to the Max
as Brenda Sparks2017 Young Sheldon
as Bonnie Wheeler2012 Baby Daddy
as Carli Mitchell2011 Working Class
as Celia "CeCe" Powers2011 Last Man Standing
as Celia "CeCe"Powers2011 Last Man Standing
2009 Surviving Suburbia
2007 The Singing Bee
2006 The Megan Mullally Show
as Mrs. Splitz2004 Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
as Shelly / Shirley2003 The Pitts
as Self - Judge2002 Pet Star
as Barbra Jean Booker Hart2001 Reba
as herself1999 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1997 Just Shoot Me!

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Full Name: Melissa Peterman
Born: Thursday, 07/01 1971 (July) in Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 52 years + 294 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Burnsville High School, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Record Label: Big Machine Records
Other names for Melissa Peterman (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Melissa Margaret Peterman"
Melissa Peterman frequently works together with these people:
Cathryn Michon (9x, Crew)
Reba McEntire (8x, Actress)
Chuck Lorre (6x, Crew)
Wendie Malick (5x, Actress)
Steven Levitan (5x, Crew)
Mike Scully (5x, Crew)
Ethan Coen (4x, Crew)
Jay Leno (4x, Actor)
Jack Burditt (4x, Crew)
Jeremy Howe (4x, Crew)
W. Bruce Cameron (4x, Crew)
Steven Molaro (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1140924, Added: 12/26/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024