'Bridesmaids' reunion! Cast including Wiig, McCarthy reunite at Oscars

Brendan Morrow, USA TODAYMon, March 16, 2026 at 1:48 AM UTC

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Hide your sinks: The "Bridesmaids" ladies are back together again.

Rose Byrne, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy and Ellie Kemper reunited at the Academy Awards on Sunday to mark the 15th anniversary of their classic 2011 comedy and present the Oscars for best original score and sound.

The reunion took place on a big evening for Byrne, one of the nominees for best actress.

"We are so happy to all be here together tonight," Wiig said. "I cannot believe that it's been 15 years. Now, we are not good with numbers, but we figured out backstage that means we shot this movie in 1883."

In an amusing bit, the actresses were each handed notes that they pretended were written by nominees in the audience. "First of all, you ladies look extremely beautiful tonight. You're all aging well," said a note that Rudolph read and pretended was written by Stellan Skarsgård.

Melissa Mccarthy, Rose Byrne, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Ellie Kemper attend the Oscars on March 15, 2026.

"Rose: Can you please stop looking at me? The eye contact is too much. I'm thinking of leaving. I'm very uncomfortable," Byrne read from her note, claiming the author was Leonardo DiCaprio. McCarthy then read a note supposedly from Elle Fanning, which said that "all the things you've done to your faces are very tasteful," only to reveal this one was written by Skarsgård again.

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Byrne starred as one of the titular bridesmaids in Paul Feig's acclaimed comedy, which was a box office smash in 2011 and earned McCarthy an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress. The film, which Wiig (the film's protagonist) wrote with Annie Mumolo, was also nominated for best original screenplay at the Academy Awards.

This year, Byrne is nominated for best actress for her performance in "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," a harrowing drama about a woman's struggle to deal with the stresses of motherhood while caring for her sick child. This is the first Oscar nomination of Byrne's career.

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Byrne previously won the Golden Globe for best actress in a musical or comedy film in January for her role in "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," which also stars Conan O'Brien and A$AP Rocky.

Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, and Ellie Kemper speak onstage during the Oscars on March 15, 2026, in Hollywood, California.

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Ahead of the Oscars, Byrne and Wiig recently reunited in a conversation for Vanity Fair.

Byrne noted that when she starred in "Bridesmaids," she was largely known for dramatic roles (including TV's "Damages") but was "dying" to try more comedy. "[You] can never anticipate anything about a job, how it will go, how it will be received, or anything," Byrne said. "So it's kind of extraordinary to still be talking about it, 10 years later."

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