<P> After dropping off their daughter Maddie ( Molly Gordon ) to her senior year at Decatur University in Atlanta , Dan tells Deanna ( Melissa McCarthy ) that he wants a divorce because he has fallen in love with another woman , a realtor Marcie ( Julie Bowen ) , and he also wants to sell their house under his name . Heartbroken , Deanna visits her parents Mike ( Stephen Root ) and Sandy ( Jacki Weaver ) to tell them what happened , but Mike is frustrated because Dan made Deanna drop out of her college because she was pregnant , as well as his overbearing ways during their marriage . Deanna goes to see Maddie in her dorm to tell the news about her divorce and her plans to study again at the university to earn a degree in Archaeology . Maddie initially has doubts about her plan but she ultimately accepts it . Maddie introduces Deanna to her friends - Amanda ( Adria Arjona ) , neurotic Debbie ( Jessie Ennis ) , and Helen ( Gillian Jacobs ) . Deanna later meets her agoraphobic and chronically depressed roommate Leonor ( Heidi Gardner ) . </P>
<P> After dropping off their daughter Maddie ( Molly Gordon ) to her senior year at Decatur University in Atlanta , Dan tells Deanna ( Melissa McCarthy ) that he wants a divorce because he has fallen in love with another woman , a realtor Marcie ( Julie Bowen ) , and he also wants to sell their house under his name . Heartbroken , Deanna visits her parents Mike ( Stephen Root ) and Sandy ( Jacki Weaver ) to tell them what happened , but Mike is frustrated because Dan made Deanna drop out of her college because she was pregnant , as well as his overbearing ways during their marriage . Deanna goes to see Maddie in her dorm to tell the news about her divorce and her plans to study again at the university to earn a degree in Archaeology . Maddie initially has doubts about her plan but she ultimately accepts it . Maddie introduces Deanna to her friends - Amanda ( Adria Arjona ) , neurotic Debbie ( Jessie Ennis ) , and Helen ( Gillian Jacobs ) . Deanna later meets her agoraphobic and chronically depressed roommate Leonor ( Heidi Gardner ) . </P>
who played melissa mccarthy 's daughter in life of the party
who played melissa mccarthy 's daughter in life of the party
Molly Gordon
Molly Gordon