Lives in West Hollywood, California with her
poodles, Willa and Elmo.
She is the lead singer in the LA band, The Supreme Music Program.
She recently starred in and directed an original performance art piece, The Sweetheart Break-In.
The band released a CD of some of the songs in the show, called 'The Supreme Music Program: The Sweetheart Break-In'.
Graduated from Casady High School, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma.
Her father, Carter
Mullally Jr., who died in the late 90s, was a contract player with Paramount in the 1950s. Her mother, Martha, is a former model.
Megan announced her engagement to actor Nick
Offerman in September 2002.
Close friend is "ER" (1994) actress Laura
Innes. The two met at Northwestern
University in the late 70s and have been friends ever since.
She studied ballet and was a soloist with Oklahoma City's Ballet Oklahoma. She also studied at George
Balanchine's School
of American Ballet.
Auditioned for the role of Elaine on "Seinfeld" (1990). (According to the Seinfeld special, aired on 25 November
2004.)
Attended Northwestern University
Has won 3 consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) for Outstanding performance by an actress
in a comedy, and has a total of 4 SAG Awards and an Emmy Award.
First cast member of "Will
& Grace" (1998) to win an Emmy. She won in 2000 for Outstanding performance by an
actress in a supporting role comedy. Her co-star, Sean
Hayes, also won that year.
Originally auditioned for "Grace" on "Will
& Grace" (1998), but was later cast as "Karen".
Was featured in "Theater Week" as one of six "New Faces of 1995," alongside Rufus
Sewell, Jude
Law, Jennifer
Dundas, Justin
Kirk, and Billy
Crudup.
Ironically, she stated in that issue that she was done with television, and in five years would
like "to be doing plays and musicals [in New York], and
also film work."
She almost wound up in the role of Carrie in "The
King of Queens" (1998).