Rhea Perlman
Known for: Acting
Born: March 31, 1948
Place of birth: Coney Island, New York, USA
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).
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Filmography
75 movies · 56 TV shows, newest first
5.7
Too Much
2025
5.9
Mid-Century Modern
2025
7.8
The Studio
2025
6.2
Curses!
2023
6.9
Barbie
2023
7.0
Not Dead Yet
2023
7.4
Poker Face
2023
5.6
You People
2023
6.0
13: The Musical
2022
6.6
Marvelous and the Black Hole
2022
8.2
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
2021
4.7
Funny Face
2021
7.0
Mr. Bungle: The Night They Came Home
2020
7.0
Saving Flora
2019
8.3
Harley Quinn
2019
6.6
Poms
2019
NR
The Matchmaker
2018
6.5
Me and My Grandma
2017
4.4
Lemon
2017
7.1
Sing
2016
7.2
Shooter
2016
4.0
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
6.3
I'll See You in My Dreams
2015
7.2
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
2014
5.0
Kirstie
2013
6.3
Getting On
2013
7.4
The Goldbergs
2013
7.3
Mom
2013
8.2
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
6.3
The Mindy Project
2012
6.0
Robot and Monster
2012
6.9
The Sessions
2012
6.5
Oliver's Ghost
2011
4.8
The Trouble with Bliss
2011
7.5
Wilfred
2011
7.2
Hot in Cleveland
2010
9.4
The Nightman Cometh: Live
2009
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
6.5
Hung
2009
5.1
The Christmas Choir
2008
5.2
Beethoven's Big Break
2008
5.2
Love Comes Lately
2007
4.7
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
6.2
10 Items or Less
2006
2.0
Bye Bye Benjamin
2006
6.5
Crumbs
2006
8.3
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
5.5
My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson
2005
4.5
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
2005
5.0
Fat Actress
2005
7.0
American Dad!
2005
5.1
Kevin Hill
2004
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
7.8
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
6.0
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
10.0
Kate Brasher
2001
4.0
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
2000
5.9
Painful Secrets
2000
7.2
A Tale of Two Bunnies
2000
6.1
H.E. Double Hockey Sticks
1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
8.0
The Frasier Story
1999
5.6
Houdini
1998
7.2
Becker
1998
6.3
In the Doghouse
1998
7.1
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
1998
8.5
Union Square
1997
6.5
Ally McBeal
1997
4.3
The View
1997
5.8
Pearl
1996
5.2
Carpool
1996
7.2
Matilda
1996
4.1
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
6.5
Sunset Park
1996
7.8
Almost Perfect
1995
5.7
Canadian Bacon
1995
7.4
The World of Jim Henson
1994
7.0
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
3.3
Spoils of War
1994
7.3
The Critic
1994
6.1
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993
7.7
Frasier
1993
5.6
A Place to Be Loved
1993
6.5
To Grandmother's House We Go
1992
5.5
There Goes the Neighborhood
1992
6.8
Mad About You
1992
6.3
Class Act
1992
9.5
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
6.1
The Last Halloween
1991
7.9
Roc
1991
4.5
Ted & Venus
1991
NR
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
1990
6.2
Blossom
1990
6.0
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
1990
4.9
Enid Is Sleeping
1990
6.0
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
6.1
The Earth Day Special
1990
8.0
The Simpsons
1989
NR
Two Daddies?
1989
6.8
Mickey's 60th Birthday
19889.0
A Family Again
1988
6.8
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
5.7
Stamp of a Killer
1987
8.0
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
4.5
The Tortellis
1987
6.6
My Little Pony
1986
6.3
My Little Pony: The Movie
1986
7.1
Matlock
1986
7.0
Happily Ever After
1985
7.5
Amazing Stories
1985
NR
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
5.7
The Ratings Game
1984
5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
5.6
Love Child
1982
7.6
Cheers
1982
4.2
Drop-Out Father
1982
3.4
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
3.5
Swap Meet
19797.0
Like Normal People
1979
7.3
Taxi
1978
5.0
Intimate Strangers
1977
7.5
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
1977
7.0
I Want to Keep My Baby!
1976
9.0
Stalk the Wild Child
19766.0
The Selling of Vince D'Angelo
1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
NR
Minestrone
1975
NR
The Sound Sleeper
1973
6.8
Hot Dogs for Gauguin
1972
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944