Rhea Perlman
Acting
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).
As actor 129
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Simpsons
1989
American Dad!
2005
Frasier
1993
Saturday Night Live
1975
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
Cheers
1982
The Goldbergs
2013
The View
1997
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Mom
2013
Matlock
1986
Taxi
1978
St. Elsewhere
1982
Hot in Cleveland
2010
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The Mindy Project
2012
Getting On
2013
Mad About You
1992
Barbie
2023
Harley Quinn
2019
The Studio
2025
Blossom
1990
Poker Face
2023
Amazing Stories
1985
Shooter
2016
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
2021
Becker
1998
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
Matilda
1996
Ally McBeal
1997
Sing
2016
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
Robot and Monster
2012
Hung
2009
Not Dead Yet
2023
Wilfred
2011
The Critic
1994
Kevin Hill
2004
Curses!
2023
My Little Pony
1986
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Too Much
2025
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
2014
Mid-Century Modern
2025
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Union Square
1997
Almost Perfect
1995
Crumbs
2006
Fat Actress
2005
Pearl
1996
Roc
1991
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
You People
2023
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993
The Sessions
2012
My Little Pony: The Movie
1986
The Tortellis
1987
10 Items or Less
2006
I'll See You in My Dreams
2015
Class Act
1992
Kirstie
2013
13: The Musical
2022
There Goes the Neighborhood
1992
The Earth Day Special
1990
Canadian Bacon
1995
Poms
2019
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
Hot Dogs for Gauguin
1972
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
The World of Jim Henson
1994
Beethoven's Big Break
2008
Saving Flora
2019
Kate Brasher
2001
The Selling of Vince D'Angelo
1976
The Trouble with Bliss
2011
The Ratings Game
1984
The Nightman Cometh: Live
2009
Carpool
1996
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
1990
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
1990
To Grandmother's House We Go
1992
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Intimate Strangers
1977
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
1998
Me and My Grandma
2017
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
Sunset Park
1996
Stamp of a Killer
1987
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
Marvelous and the Black Hole
2022
Happily Ever After
1985
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
Lemon
2017
Painful Secrets
2000
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
Ted & Venus
1991
Houdini
1998
Funny Face
2021
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
Love Child
1982
The Frasier Story
1999
Swap Meet
1979
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
1977
In the Doghouse
1998
Enid Is Sleeping
1990
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
2005
H.E. Double Hockey Sticks
1999
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
2000
The Last Halloween
1991
A Tale of Two Bunnies
2000
Drop-Out Father
1982
Oliver's Ghost
2011
Love Comes Lately
2007
I Want to Keep My Baby!
1976
Stalk the Wild Child
1976
A Place to Be Loved
1993
Mr. Bungle: The Night They Came Home
2020
My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson
2005
Like Normal People
1979
Two Daddies?
1989
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
The Christmas Choir
2008
A Family Again
1988
Spoils of War
1994
The Matchmaker
2018
Minestrone
1975
