Tyler Perry‘s most famous character, Madea, has appeared in nearly half the director’s films: a gun-toting, “Hallelu-yer”-shouting force of nature, and an outrageous drag tribute to his mother and ...

For 20 years, Tyler Perry’s Madea has delivered laughs, tough love and some valuable life lessons in between. Madea, short for Mabel Simmons, is the no-filter grandmother figure fans have grown to ...

Perri Nemiroff is the 2025 Press Award winner at the ICG Publicists Awards. She's the senior producer at Collider where she hosts and produces the interview series, Collider Ladies Night, a show ...

Madea's Destination Wedding brings back the beloved matriarch Madea Simmons in a new setting, but her larger-than-life presence isn't the only thing viewers are talking about. With so many colorful ...

If writer-director-star Tyler Perry makes good on his threat to make “A Madea Family Funeral” the final film featuring his larger-than-life comedic heroine, then Madea will going out with a whimper ...

'Tyler Perry's Madea's Farewell Play' might not be the last time we see the gun-toting matriarch. Here’s what Perry dished about the character's future. Before Perry struck creative gold in Hollywood, ...

Eighteen years ago, Tyler Perry brought his DIY play to the big screen. Released in 2005, “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” chronicles one beleaguered woman’s journey to healing and self-discovery after ...

Tyler Perry’s big, brassy, Craftsman-sized, Sears-housecoat-wearing auntie is back in the comedy, "Madea's Witness Protection." This time, she’s hosting a family headed by funny man Eugene Levy (SCTV, ...