View gallery Image Credit: Variety via Getty Images Melissa McCarthy is a movie star to many, and a wife to one. The star of Disney's live-action The Little Mermaid has been married to actor and filmmaker Ben Falcone since 2005. The couple met through their careers in comedy and they quickly fell in love. "I immediately was like, 'Oh, he's strange. I like him,' " Melissa said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show about meeting her husband. Melissa and Ben have created a happy family together that includes their daughters Vivian and Georgette.