Comedy superstar, award-winning actress, best-selling author, presidential candidate and the original domestic goddess Roseanne Barr continues to amaze. After nine years, 224 episodes, four Emmy awards, and countless other accolades, you couldn't blame Roseanne if she wanted to quietly slip away, able to take solace in the fact she single-handedly re-landscaped the medium of situational comedy forever. Her creation and stark portrayal of Roseanne Conner and the Conner family on ABC's Roseanne has been hailed as the most ground breaking kitchen-sink sitcom since All in the Family (Entertainment Weekly), adding she's the funniest disturber of peace that we have.
Roseanne began her career as a stand-up comedian, turning her experiences as a wife and mother into a hilarious comedy act that audiences couldn't resist. She subsequently produced and starred on nine seasons of Roseanne, which averaged approximately 30 million viewers each week. The role earned Barr an Emmy Award as well as Golden Globe, Kids' Choice and multiple American Comedy Awards. The series also won a prestigious Peabody Award, and became an internationally syndicated hit, seen in more than 150 countries worldwide.
In 2014, Roseanne joined Keenan Ivory Wayans and Russell Peters as a judge on NBC's longrunning series Last Comic Standing. She returned to her sitcom roots when she appeared on ABC's hit Cristela which earned them their highest rating of the season. Roseanne has also guest-starred on The Office, Portlandia, and The Millers. Her earlier TV guest spots include My Name Is Earl, Futurama, The Nanny, 3rd Rock from the Sun and The Larry Sanders Show. Barr also had her own talk show, The Roseanne Show, which earned her a Daytime Emmy Award nomination.
Her big screen credits include She-Devil, Freddy's Dead, Blue in the Face and Meet Wally Sparks, and she also voiced characters in Look Who's Talking Too and Home on the Range. She has written three books: Roseanne: My Life as a Woman, My Lives and Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm. The Lifetime series Roseanne's Nuts, which she also executive produced, followed Barr as she ran a nut farm in Hawaii. At Full Moon and High Tide Studio (FMHT), Barr's family-run production company, she was spearheading numerous projects.
The studio produced her first DVD for children, titled Rockin' with Roseanne: Calling All Kids! inspired by Barr's grandchildren. FMHT has produced original programming for VH1, and also produced her 4th HBO comedy special Roseanne Barr: Blonde and Bitchin'. Roseanne, motivated by her work on Last Comic Standing, returned to live performance and was touring selected cities around the country to sold out crowds and was part of the ongoing lineup in Las Vegas at the Venetian.
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