Meet The Cast

John Goodman

as Dan Conner

John Goodman remembers the day in 1975 when he left his native St. Louis for New York, armed only with a degree from Southwest Missouri State University, $1,000 borrowed from his brother and a dream of becoming a professional actor. He didn't want to look back later and say, "I wonder if I could have…" So, he made the rounds, worked odd jobs and just tried to keep busy. He's been busy ever since. Goodman's recent films include Focus Features' "Atomic Blonde," Warner Bros' "Kong: Skull Island," CBS Film's "Patriots Day" and Bad Robot's thriller "10 Cloverfield Lane."

In 2013, Goodman starred in Ben Affleck's drama "Argo," which won the Academy Award® for Best Picture, and in Robert Zemeckis' thriller "Flight." That same year, he won the 2013 National Board of Review Spotlight Award for his work in "Argo," "Flight" and "Trouble with the Curve." Goodman was also seen in the black-and-white silent feature "The Artist," which won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Picture.

In 2016, Goodman returned to the stage in the Broadway revival of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's "The Front Page," starring alongside Nathan Lane and John Slattery. He also made his West End debut in David Mamet's 1975 play "American Buffalo" at the Wyndham's Theatre in London. Goodman returns to the third season of ABC's hit comedy series "The Conners" this fall. His other TV credits include HBO's "The Righteous Gemstones," Amazon's original series "Alpha House," the Starz miniseries "Dancing on the Edge," DirecTV's "Damages" and NBC's "Community."

Among Goodman's many accolades are a Golden Globe® Award for Best Actor and seven Emmy® nominations for his role in "Roseanne." He also received Emmy nominations for his starring roles in TNT's "Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long" and in the CBS production of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire." He received his Golden Globe nomination for his role in the Coen Brothers film "Barton Fink." In 2007, Goodman won his second Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor on "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." He has lent his voice to many animated films, including "Transformers: The Last Night," "Monsters University," "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets," "Monsters, Inc.," "The Emperor's New Groove," "Tales of the Rat Fink" and "The Jungle Book II." He also voiced a main character in NBC's animated series "Father of the Pride."

Goodman starred on Broadway in "Waiting for Godot," for which he received rave reviews as Pozzo. His other stage credits include many dinner theater and children's theater productions, as well as several off-Broadway plays. His regional theater credits include "Henry IV, Parts I and II," "Antony and Cleopatra," "As You Like It" and "A Christmas Carol." He performed in a road production of "The Robber Bridegroom" and starred in two Broadway shows, "Loose Ends" in 1979 and "Big River" in 1985. In 2001, he starred in the New York Shakespeare Festival Central Park staging of "The Seagull," directed by Mike Nichols. The following year he appeared on Broadway in the Public Theatre's "Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui."

Lauri Metcalf

as Jackie Harris

Laurie Metcalf is a founding member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. She won two Tony® Awards. The first for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in "A Doll's House, Part 2" and the second for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Three Tall Women." She also received Tony Award nominations for "Hillary and Clinton," "Misery," "The Other Place" and "November."

In 2018, Metcalf was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Lady Bird."

Metcalf was nominated for three Emmy® Awards in 2016, including Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her starring role in HBO's "Getting On." She also received three Emmy Awards for her work on "Roseanne" and was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Jackie Harris in the revival season of "Roseanne." She continues in her role as Jackie in ABC's hit comedy "The Conners."

Her films include "Lady Bird," "Desperately Seeking Susan," "Internal Affairs," "Uncle Buck," "Leaving Las Vegas" and "JFK."

Sara Gilbert

as Darlene Conner

Sara Gilbert endeared herself to millions of television viewers with her portrayal of the sarcastic yet loveable Darlene Conner on the long-running, hit series "Roseanne," a role which garnered her two Emmy® nominations among numerous other accolades. Gilbert reprised her role as Darlene in the series revival in 2018, which premiered to record-breaking numbers. She continues in her role as both Darlene and executive producer on ABC's hit comedy "The Conners." Gilbert is the creator, executive producer and former co-host of CBS's award-winning talk show "The Talk." The show has won Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment and Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Hosts. Gilbert most recently made guest star appearances on "Atypical" and the YouTube Premium series "Weird City."

Gilbert's extensive list of television credits includes roles in "The Big Bang Theory," "The Comeback," "Bad Teacher," "Web Therapy," "Grey's Anatomy," "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "ER," "The Class," "Will & Grace," "Jane the Virgin," "Supergirl," "24," "Welcome to New York" and "Living Biblically." Gilbert's film credits include "Riding in Cars with Boys" for Columbia/TriStar and director Penny Marshall. The film reunited Gilbert with her "Poison Ivy" co-star Drew Barrymore, for which she received an Independent Spirit Award nomination. She also appeared in "Desert Blue," opposite Kate Hudson; Fox's "Light It Up," opposite Forest Whitaker; a memorable cameo role as a star-struck publicist's assistant in the Warner Bros. comedy "The Big Tease"; and Buena Vista's "High Fidelity," opposite John Cusack.

An accomplished stage actress, Gilbert's theater credits include the off-Broadway play "Exonerated," opposite Richard Dreyfuss and Jill Clayburgh; an appearance in the world premiere of Gary Stewart's play "Downwinder Dance"; and a starring role in the Williamstown Theater Festival production of "The Hot L Baltimore."

Gilbert has continued to photograph since studying photography at Yale. Her work has been exhibited in New York City at Paul Morris Gallery, as well as at the Deutsche Guggenheim Museum in Berlin in the summer of 2008.

Lecy Goranson

as Becky Conner

Alicia "Lecy" Goranson was born in Evanston, Illinois. In 1988, at the age of 13, she went on her second audition in Chicago and landed the role of Becky Conner on ABC's "Roseanne." In 1992, she left the show to attend Vassar College, where she majored in English.After college, Goranson moved to New York City, where she has appeared off-Broadway in theaters such as The Public, New York Theater Workshop, The Vineyard, The New Group, The Atlantic, Soho Rep and Ensemble Studio Theater (where she is a member), among others.

Goranson continues in her role as Becky Conner-Healy on ABC's hit comedy "The Conners." Her movie appearances include "Boys Don't Cry," "How to Make an American Quilt," "Love, Ludlow," "The Extra Man," "Weightless" and "Buck Run." Goranson's television guest appearances include "Inside Amy Schumer," "Sex and the City," "Law & Order: SVU," "Fringe" and "Damages."

Emma Kenney

as Harris Conner-Healy

Emma Kenney stars as Harris Conner-Healy, the daughter of Darlene Conner (Sara Gilbert), on ABC's hit comedy "The Conners." She also stars as the precocious Debbie Gallagher on Showtime's hit series "Shameless."

Born in Manhattan, Kenney realized her passion for performing at age 4. Since then, she has appeared in numerous national commercials as well as voiceovers, including the hit animated film "Epic." In addition to acting, Kenney also has an enthusiasm for being behind the camera. She directed her first movie, "The New Girl in Town," which was honored as a finalist at the 2009 New Jersey International Film Festival, making her the youngest filmmaker ever to receive that honor. Due to her directorial success, New York Magazine, Fox-5 TV in New York and New Jersey Monthly magazine featured stories on Kenney's accomplishment. Her projects include a starring role in the film "Robert the Bruce," which continues the story where the Oscar®-winning film "Braveheart" left off.

When she is not acting or directing, Kenney loves playing with her animals, hoping to one day open an animal shelter. She currently resides in Los Angeles.

Ames McNamara

as Mark Conner-Healy

Ames McNamara is a high schooler from Hoboken, New Jersey. He has been acting in local musical theater since age 5 and professionally since age 8. He stars as Mark Conner-Healy on "The Conners." When he's not acting, McNamara likes to direct his friends in short movies, go on hikes with his family, read fantasy novels, and play tennis and soccer. He's a huge Premier League and Formula 1 fan. Besides continuing to act and direct, McNamara hopes to work in environmental justice when he's older, and ultimately to become president.

Jay Ferguson

as Ben

A native of Dallas, Texas, Jay R. Ferguson moved to Los Angeles and embarked on his acting career at age 14 when he was cast in the lead role of "Ponyboy" in the television series adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's film "The Outsiders." Most recently, Ferguson starred with Rosario Dawson in the USA miniseries "Briarpatch," opposite Kathryn Hahn, in a critically acclaimed episode of Matt Weiner's "The Romanoffs" for Amazon and was the lead in the CBS comedy "Living Biblically." Other recent television credits include the ABC series "The Real O'Neals," Showtime's revival of "Twin Peaks" for director David Lynch and FX's Emmy®-winning "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story."

Ferguson received multiple SAG nominations for his series regular role of Stan Rizzo in the Emmy Award-winning "Mad Men." Prior, Ferguson played series regular roles in "Sleeper Cell," "Surface," "Easy Money" and "Evening Shade." He can currently be seen as Ben on ABC's "The Conners."

Ferguson's feature film credits include "The Lucky One," based on the bestselling Nicholas Sparks novel, in which he starred opposite Zac Efron and Taylor Shilling; Michael Winterbottom's "The Killer Inside Me"; and John Singleton's "Higher Learning."