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Mel Harris

Mel Harris

Actor · Born 1956-07-12 · Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Mel Harris is an American actress, writer and director, best known for her portrayal of Hope Steadman on the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning series Thirtysomething (1987), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination as best Actress in a Drama Series. She starred in the NBC comedy Something So Right (1996) and the My Network drama series Saints and Sinners (2014). Her most recent role has been as Nadine Davies on Hulu's new series Shut Eye (2016) Mary Ellen Harris was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and raised in New Jersey. Her mother was a high school science teacher and her father a football coach at Princeton University. She spent 12 years in the modeling world living in New York and Europe before stumbling into the acting business. She starred in numerous miniseries and telefilms including Cross Fire (1989), The Burden of Proof (1992) and Grass Roots (1992), as well as appearances on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), and as Senator Rafferty on The West Wing (1999). Among her feature film credits are Brian De Palma's Raising Cain (1992) , K-9 (1989) (opposite Jim Belushi), Suture (1993), The Pagemaster (1994), and Wanted: Dead …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. House (2004) — Barbara Bardach
  2. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Eileen Switzer
  3. Criminal Minds (2005)
  4. Stargate SG-1 (1997) — Oma Desala
  5. K-9 (1989) — Tracy
  6. The Pagemaster (1994) — Claire Tyler
  7. CSI: NY (2004) — Julie Rollins
  8. M*A*S*H (1972)
  9. Dawson's Creek (1998) — Helen Lindley
  10. Imagine That (2009) — Maggie Johnson (uncredited)
  11. The West Wing (1999) — Ricky Rafferty
  12. Cold Case (2003) — Grace Anderson
  13. Raising Cain (1992) — Sarah
  14. The Outer Limits (1995) — Dr. Christina Markham
  15. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015) — Shawna
  16. Touched by an Angel (1994) — Kelly Rockhill
  17. The Lodger (2009) — Margaret
  18. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987) — Terry
  19. Imposters (2017) — Margaret Jonson
  20. Shut Eye (2016) — Nadine Davies
  21. Hangman's Curse (2003) — Sarah Springfield
  22. Suture (1993) — Dr. Renee Descartes
  23. Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest (1997) — Sarah McLeish
  24. Cameron's Closet (1988) — Dr. Nora Haley
  25. thirtysomething (1987) — Hope Steadman
  26. The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie (2005) — Mel Harris
  27. Firetrap (2001) — Cordella Calloway
  28. Child of Rage (1992) — Jill Tyler
  29. Close to Home (2005) — Beth Murphy
  30. Strong Medicine (2000) — Biddy Hightower
  31. The Retrievers (2001) — Karen Lowry
  32. Arthur's Whisky (2024) — Dr. Deborah Wingard
  33. Sonic Impact (2000) — Co-Pilot Jennifer Blake
  34. E-Ring (2005)
  35. Cane (2007) — Constance Hughes
  36. Out of the Woods (2005) — Beth Fleming
  37. Purple Heart (2005) — Dr. Harrison
  38. Out of Time (2000) — Annie Epson
  39. The Burden of Proof (1992) — Sonia Klonsky
  40. Broken Lullaby (1994) — Jordan Kirkland

Directed

  1. thirtysomething (1987) — Director