Melissa McCarthy Shares Rare Photo of Her 18-Year-Old Daughter as She Goes to Prom

Melissa McCarthy is simply a proud mama this prom season!

On Friday, May 30, nan Ghostbusters actress, 54, shared a uncommon glimpse of her firstborn daughter, 18-year-old Vivian Falcone, arsenic nan precocious schooler headed disconnected to nan rite of transition event. 

“Thank you to @sherrihill @realkarahall @dandridesigns for making Viv's prom dreams travel true,” McCarthy wrote complete a photograph of Vivian shared connected her Instagram Stories.

The teen was snapped wearing a babe bluish and achromatic princess-style gown — nan apical information was a strapless corset, while nan bottommost half was layered pinch ruffles. 

Vivian accessorized pinch a single, agelong necklace arsenic she stood outdoors connected a way pinch greenery down her. She looked distant from nan camera, showing disconnected her wavy, crimson-colored hair. 

McCarthy shares Vivian and girl Georgette Falcone, 15, pinch her Bridesmaids co-star and husband, Ben Falcone, 51. The celebrated mates has been joined since 2005. 

The prom photograph comes aft Vivian precocious celebrated her 18th day connected May 5.

“Eighteen years agone this awesome animal came into my life and taught maine what existent kindness and empathy and nan value of being really weird means. I’m truthful fortunate to beryllium your mama. You make nan world better!!! Xoxooxoooxoxo,” McCarthy captioned an Instagram photograph of Vivian.

The picture showed a young Vivian smiling while opinionated connected a sofa.

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McCarthy and Falcone’s kids mostly enactment retired of nan spotlight. 

However, successful May 2023, nan teens and their dada walked nan bluish carpet for The Little Mermaid Hollywood premiere to observe their mom starring arsenic Ursula successful nan Disney live-action remake. 

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Ahead of nan premiere, McCarthy talked to PEOPLE astir her children’s beingness online.

"We support way of it. I deliberation it is still thing to beryllium really, really watched," McCarthy said. "I'm judge I don't do half arsenic bully a occupation arsenic I should because I'm truthful bad pinch it."

“We're ever benignant of reminding them, 'Keep this successful perspective. This is not real,' " she added. "I support saying this is fume and mirrors and entertainment, which is fine. I've said, 'It's arsenic if personification takes a characteristic I've played and assumes that's nan existent me.' But that's an ongoing fistfight that concerns maine each nan time."