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Acting

Melissa Peterman

Career

Active from 2001 to 2026, busiest in 2007 and 2023 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
5
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Reba
Reba
GoodWatch score72/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Melissa Peterman Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Tension
    2.8, average 6.0
  • Psychological
    2.4, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    1.6, average 4.7
  • Violence
    1.0, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Comfort Watch 3
  • Relatable Struggles 2
  • Character-Driven Humor 2
  • Community Spirit 2
  • Low-Stakes Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

31
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 54
Deadlocked: Dad of the Dead
Deadlocked: Dad of the Dead (2026)

as Carla

All's Fair in Love and Mahjong
All's Fair in Love and Mahjong (2026)
GoodWatch score 58

as Melissa

Haul Out the Halloween
Haul Out the Halloween (2025)
GoodWatch score 62

as Pamela Bevans

Happy's Place
Happy's Place (2024)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Gabby

Reba McEntire's The Hammer
Reba McEntire's The Hammer (2023)
GoodWatch score 71

as Kris Wheeler

Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up
Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up (2023)
GoodWatch score 54

as Pamela

Haul Out the Holly
Haul Out the Holly (2022)
GoodWatch score 54

as Pamela

The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
GoodWatch score 33

TV show

Pictionary
Pictionary (2022)

TV show · as Self

I Can See Your Voice
I Can See Your Voice (2020)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show

2010s

10 titles · average score 57
Sydney to the Max
Sydney to the Max (2019)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Mrs. Harris

25 Words or Less
25 Words or Less (2018)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Self

A Gingerbread Romance
A Gingerbread Romance (2018)
GoodWatch score 41

as Linda

Young Sheldon
Young Sheldon (2017)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Brenda Sparks

Cook-Off!
Cook-Off! (2017)
GoodWatch score 38

as Nancy Shmaedeke

Muffin Top: A Love Story
Muffin Top: A Love Story (2014)
GoodWatch score 59

as Kim

Baby Daddy
Baby Daddy (2012)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Bonnie Wheeler

Here Comes the Boom
Here Comes the Boom (2012)
GoodWatch score 51

as Lauren Voss

Working Class
Working Class (2011)
GoodWatch score 41

TV show · as Carli Mitchell

Last Man Standing
Last Man Standing (2011)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Celia "CeCe" Powers / Celia "CeCe"Powers

2000s

8 titles · average score 56
Surviving Suburbia
Surviving Suburbia (2009)
GoodWatch score 27

TV show

The Singing Bee
The Singing Bee (2007)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show

Girl Camp
Girl Camp (2007)

as Avon Lady

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Mrs. Splitz

Recipe for Disaster
Recipe for Disaster (2003)
GoodWatch score 55

as Gigi Grant

The Pitts
The Pitts (2003)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Shelly / Shirley

Reba
Reba (2001)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Barbra Jean Booker Hart

How High
How High (2001)
GoodWatch score 47

as Mrs. Sheila Cain

1990s

3 titles · average score 75
Johnny Bravo
Johnny Bravo (1997)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Becky (voice)

Just Shoot Me!
Just Shoot Me! (1997)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Claire

Fargo
Fargo (1996)
GoodWatch score 87

as Hooker #2