Rhea Perlman

Rhea Perlman
Rhea Perlman at the 1988 Emmy Awards
Born	Rhea Jo Perlman (1948-03-31) March 31, 1948 (age 77) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.[1]
Alma mater	Hunter College (BA)
Occupations	Actress author
Years active	1972–present
Height	5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
Spouse	Danny DeVito ​ ​ (m. 1982; sep. 2012)​
Children	3, including Lucy DeVito
Father	Philip Perlman
Relatives	Heide Perlman (sister) Randall Miller (cousin)

Rhea Jo Perlman^[2] (born March 31, 1948) is an American actress and author. She is well-known for playing head waitress Carla Tortelli in the sitcom Cheers (1982–1993).^[3] Over the course of eleven seasons, Perlman was nominated for ten Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress, winning four, and was nominated for a record six 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), Poms (2019), and Barbie (2023). In 2025, she had a guest role in the second season of the crime mystery series Poker Face.