Caroline Gilchrist Rhea (born April 13, 1964) is a Canadian actress, TV personality, host, and stand-up comedienne. She is also known for her role as Hilda Spellman on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and for replacing Rosie O'Donnell as the hostess of her syndicated talk show, renamed The Caroline Rhea Show. She was the original host of the reality television show The Biggest Loser on NBC, until Alison Sweeney took her place after the end of the third season. She provides the voice for Linda Flynn, mother of Phineas and Candace Flynn, on the Disney Channel series Phineas and Ferb. She would return to Disney Channel on the series Sydney to the Max, playing the role of Grandma Judy. She has performed numerous comedy specials, including three one-hour standup specials for HBO, Showtime, and Bravo.

Filmography

• Locker Diaries: Phineas And Ferb — Linda Flynn-Fletcher (voice)
• Sheriff Country — Gina
• 2024Holiday Mismatch — Kath Stone
• Extended Family — Lanna Telsoup
• 2023Fanatic — Melissa
• Fire Country — Gina
• The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib — Gretzkina the Veteran, The Oracle of Moosejaw (voice)
• 2021Debbie Macomber's A Mrs. Miracle Christmas — Gloria / Mrs. Miracle
• 2020Disney Channel Halloween House Party
• 2020Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe — Linda Flynn-Fletcher (voice)
• 2020Sordid Lives
• Sydney to the Max — Judy Reynolds
• 2018A Christmas in Tennessee — Mrs. Claus
• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina — Hilda Spellman
• 2017A Very Sordid Wedding — Noleta Nethercott
• 2017Bruno & Boots: The Wizzle War — Eugenia Scrimmage
• 2017Bruno & Boots: This Can't Be Happening at MacDonald Hall — Headmistress Scrimmage
• 2016Bruno & Boots: Go Jump in the Pool — Eugenia Scrimmage
• The Grinder — Fran
• 2014Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars — Linda Flynn-Fletcher (voice)
• 2013Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel — Linda Flynn-Fletcher (voice)
• 2013Phineas and Ferb: The Perry Files - Animal Agents — Linda Flynn-Fletcher (voice)
• 2013The Christmas Consultant — Maya Fletcher
• Baby Daddy — Jennifer Perrin
• Match Game
• 2012Phineas and Ferb: The Daze of Summer — Linda Flynn-Fletcher (voice)
• 2012Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town — Mrs. Diston
• 2 Broke Girls — Bonnie
• 2011Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension — Linda Flynn-Fletcher / Linda-2 / Additional Voices (voice)
• 2009Love n' Dancing — Bonnie
• 2008Fast Girl — Maddie
• 2008Phineas and Ferb: The Fast and the Phineas — Linda Flynn-Fletcher (voice)
• Sordid Lives: The Series — Noleta Nethercott
• Phineas and Ferb — Linda Flynn-Fletcher (voice)
• 2007To Be Fat Like Me — Madelyn
• 2005The Perfect Man — Gloria
• The Suite Life of Zack & Cody — Ilsa Shickelgrubermeiger
• 2004Christmas with the Kranks — Candi
• 2004Sesame Street: A Magical Halloween Adventure
• The Biggest Loser — Host
• Fillmore!
• 2002The Santa Claus Brothers — Mrs. Claus (voice)
• 2001On the Edge — Monica (segment "Happy Birthday")
• 2000Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire — Lynette Hansen
• 2000Ready to Rumble — Eugenia King
• 1999Man on the Moon — Friday's Melanie
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Hilda Spellman
• Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist — Caroline (voice), Additional Writing
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Spider (voice)
• Pride & Joy — Carol Green
• The Drew Carey Show — Bonnie
• The Nanny — Caroline Rhea
• 1990Caesar's Salad — Chips' Mother
• One Night Stand
• Unbearable Christmas
• Untitled Phineas and Ferb Movie — Linda Flynn-Fletcher (voice)

Appearances as themselves (40)

• 2025Are We Good? — Self
• Celebrity Weakest Link — Self - Contestant
• Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser — Self (archive footage)
• After Midnight — Self
• LOL: Last One Laughing Canada — Self - Contestant
• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune — Self - Contestant
• Name That Tune — Self - Contestant
• 2020Feeding America Comedy Festival — Self
• 2020More Funny Women of a Certain Age — Self
• Stars in the House — Self
• 2019Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin — Self
• Nashville Squares — Self - Panelist
• 25 Words or Less — Self
• American Idol — Self - Guest
• Match Game — Self - Panelist
• To Tell the Truth — Self - Panelist
• 2015Being Canadian — Self
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Maron — Herself
• 2011Caroline Rhea And Friends — Self
• The Green Room with Paul Provenza — Self
• The Marriage Ref — Self - Panelist
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Comics Unleashed — Self
• The Reichen Show — Self
• Comedy Central Roasts — Self
• The Caroline Rhea Show — Self - Host
• 2001Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians — Self (archive footage)
• 1999Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm — Self
• Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist
• 1998Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade — Self
• The View — Self
• Pulp Comics — herself
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Herself / Host
• Women of the Night IV — Self
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest, Self - Guest Co-Host