In August 2015, "Forbes" ranked her as the third highest-paid actress of 2015, with earnings of $23 million. In 2016, McCarthy starred in "The Boss", a comedy film based on a character which McCarthy had created in the Los Angeles Groundlings – a wealthy businesswoman "who goes to jail for insider trading, and struggles to reinvent herself as America's new sweetheart when she's released". Also that year, she played an author and scientist in the all-female reboot of "Ghostbusters", directed by Paul Feig. On May 31, 2016, McCarthy was cast as celebrity biographer Lee Israel in the dark comedy-drama film "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" directed by Marielle Heller. She replaced Julianne Moore who dropped out of the film. McCarthy's performance as Lee drew high praise and "Film Journal International" said that her previous film roles "could not anticipate how fearlessly and credibly she inhabits Lee Israel." She received an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination. On February 4 and 11, 2017 she made surprise appearances on "Saturday Night Live" portraying White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. She returned to the show to portray Spicer on April 16 and May 13, 2017 (also hosting the latter). McCarthy appeared in a Super Bowl LI ad for Kia Motors, promoting the Kia Niro. McCarthy played a wannabe environmentalist, who has a series of mishaps befall her such as being capsized by a whale, being charged by a rhino, and falling down a crevasse. The commercial featured the song "Holding Out for a Hero". On June 28, 2019, it was announced that McCarthy was in talks to play Ursula in the upcoming live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid", set to be directed by Rob Marshall. On February 18, 2020 McCarthy confirmed her casting as the villainess during an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. McCarthy married her longtime boyfriend, Ben Falcone, an actor and alumnus of The Groundlings, on October 8, 2005. The couple have two daughters, Vivian, born May 2007, and Georgette, born March 2010. McCarthy's pregnancy with Vivian was written into the last season of "Gilmore Girls". Vivian and Georgette both made an appearance in the 2016 film "The Boss", with the former playing a younger version of her mother's character. Falcone and McCarthy expressed a desire for their daughters to focus on their education and pursue professional acting afterwards.