She is best known for co-writing the comedy film Bridesmaids with Kristen Wiig, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay.
Mumolo also appeared in the films This Is 40 (2012), Afternoon Delight (2013), The Boss (2016), Bad Moms (2016), Queenpins (2020), and Confess, Fletch (2022).
[5] Mumolo graduated from Mater Dei High School in 1991[6] and the University of California, Berkeley, where she was a member of Chi Omega[citation needed] and received her B.A.
She appeared in the 2005 comedy film Bewitched and television shows such as The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman, Out of Practice, and Two and a Half Men.
[12] In 2011, Mumolo co-wrote Bridesmaids with fellow Groundlings performer Kristen Wiig, and also made a cameo appearance in it.
[15] Following the success of Bridesmaids, Mumolo played a supporting role in the 2012 comedy film This Is 40, which was directed by Judd Apatow.
In 2013, she appeared in Joey Soloway's comedy-drama film Afternoon Delight, and from 2014 to 2015 she was a regular cast member in the NBC comedy series About a Boy.
The first was The Boss starring Melissa McCarthy and directed by Ben Falcone, and the second was box-office hit Bad Moms alongside Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Christina Applegate.
[22][23] Also in 2021, it was announced that Mumolo and Wiig would write a Disney live-action musical comedy centering on the evil stepsisters Anastasia and Drizella from the animated classic Cinderella.