Rhea Perlman
Born Mar 31, 1948 · 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).
Known for
The Studio
2025
Too Much
2025
Mid-Century Modern
2025
Barbie
2023
Poker Face
2023
Not Dead Yet
2023
Curses!
2023
You People
2023
13: The Musical
2022
Marvelous and the Black Hole
2022
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
2021
Funny Face
2021
Mr. Bungle: The Night They Came Home
2020
Harley Quinn
2019
Poms
2019
Saving Flora
2019
The Matchmaker
2018
Me and My Grandma
2017
Lemon
2017
Shooter
2016
Sing
2016
I'll See You in My Dreams
2015
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
2014
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
The Goldbergs
2013
Mom
2013
Getting On
2013
Kirstie
2013
The Mindy Project
2012
Robot and Monster
2012
The Sessions
2012
The Trouble with Bliss
2011
Oliver's Ghost
2011
Hot in Cleveland
2010
Hung
2009
The Nightman Cometh: Live
2009
Beethoven's Big Break
2008
The Christmas Choir
2008
Love Comes Lately
2007
Crumbs
2006
10 Items or Less
2006
American Dad!
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
Fat Actress
2005
Kevin Hill
2004
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
Kate Brasher
2001
Painful Secrets
2000
A Tale of Two Bunnies
2000
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
H.E. Double Hockey Sticks
1999
Becker
1998
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
1998
Houdini
1998
In the Doghouse
1998
Ally McBeal
1997
Union Square
1997
Matilda
1996
Pearl
1996
Sunset Park
1996
Carpool
1996
Almost Perfect
1995
Canadian Bacon
1995
The Critic
1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
Spoils of War
1994
Frasier
1993
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993
A Place to Be Loved
1993
Mad About You
1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
There Goes the Neighborhood
1992
Class Act
1992
To Grandmother's House We Go
1992
Roc
1991
The Last Halloween
1991
Ted & Venus
1991
Blossom
1990
The Earth Day Special
1990
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
1990
Enid Is Sleeping
1990
The Simpsons
1989
Two Daddies?
1989
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
The Tortellis
1987
Stamp of a Killer
1987
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
Matlock
1986
My Little Pony
1986
My Little Pony: The Movie
1986
Amazing Stories
1985
Happily Ever After
1985
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
The Ratings Game
1984
Cheers
1982
St. Elsewhere
1982
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
Love Child
1982
Drop-Out Father
1982
Swap Meet
1979
Taxi
1978
Intimate Strangers
1977
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
1977
I Want to Keep My Baby!
1976
Stalk the Wild Child
1976
Minestrone
1975
Hot Dogs for Gauguin
1972
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954