Arthur's Whisky
2024 · Movie
as Dr. Deborah Wingard
Mel Harris
1956-07-12
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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 or Alive (1986). She made her New York stage debut at the Circle Repertory Company in the world premiere of John Bishop's Empty Hearts, for which she received a 1992 Theater World Award. In addition to her acting, in the last few years, she has focused on writing with her partner and husband, Emmy Award winning writer/producer, Bob Brush, under their shingle Topanga Moon Productions. - IMDb mini biography by: mel harris
Filmography
Queen of Knives
2023 · Movie
as Kathy
King of Knives
2020 · Movie
as Kathy
Imposters
2017 · TV Show
as Margaret Jonson
Shut Eye
2016 · TV Show
as Nadine Davies
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2015 · TV Show
as Shawna
The Lodger
2009 · Movie
as Margaret
Imagine That
2009 · Movie
as Maggie Johnson (uncredited)
Saints & Sinners
2007 · TV Show
Cane
2007 · TV Show
as Constance Hughes
Out of the Woods
2005 · Movie
as Beth Fleming
Purple Heart
2005 · Movie
as Dr. Harrison
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
2005 · Movie
as Mel Harris
E-Ring
2005 · TV Show
Criminal Minds
2005 · TV Show
as Congressman Steyer
Close to Home
2005 · TV Show
as Beth Murphy
Dynamite
2004 · Movie
as Faye Baxter
House
2004 · TV Show
as Barbara Bardach
CSI: NY
2004 · TV Show
as Julie Rollins
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If...
2004 · TV Show
Hangman's Curse
2003 · Movie
as Sarah Springfield
Cold Case
2003 · TV Show
as Grace Anderson
Another pretty face
2002 · Movie
Firetrap
2001 · Movie
as Cordella Calloway
The Retrievers
2001 · Movie
as Karen Lowry
The Mumbo Jumbo
2000 · Movie
as Dolly Bird
Sonic Impact
2000 · Movie
as Co-Pilot Jennifer Blake
Out of Time
2000 · Movie
as Annie Epson
Madigan Men
2000 · TV Show
Strong Medicine
2000 · TV Show
as Biddy Hightower
The West Wing
1999 · TV Show
as Ricky Rafferty
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
as Eileen Switzer
Dawson's Creek
1998 · TV Show
as Helen Lindley
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997 · Movie
as Sarah McLeish
Stargate SG-1
1997 · TV Show
as Oma Desala
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A Case for Life
1996 · Movie
as LIz Hemmitt
What Kind of Mother Are You?
1996 · Movie
as Laura Hyler
Something So Right
1996 · TV Show
as Carly Davis
The Secretary
1995 · Movie
as Ellen Bradford
Sharon's Secret
1995 · Movie
as Laurel O'Connor
Welcome to Paradise
1995 · Movie
as Claire
The Outer Limits
1995 · TV Show
as Dr. Christina Markham
The Pagemaster
1994 · Movie
as Claire Tyler
Broken Lullaby
1994 · Movie
as Jordan Kirkland
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The Spider and the Fly
1994 · Movie
as Dianna Taylor
Ultimate Betrayal
1994 · Movie
as Susan Rodgers
Touched by an Angel
1994 · TV Show
as Kelly Rockhill
Suture
1993 · Movie
as Dr. Renee Descartes
Distant Cousins
1993 · Movie
as Katherine June Sullivan
Wind Dancer
1993 · Movie
as Susan Allen
Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story
1993 · Movie
as Allison Wilcox
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With Hostile Intent
1993 · Movie
as Kathy Arnold
Child of Rage
1992 · Movie
as Jill Tyler
Grass Roots
1992 · Movie
as Kate Rule
Raising Cain
1992 · Movie
as Sarah
The Burden of Proof
1992 · TV Show
as Sonia Klonsky
K-9
1989 · Movie
as Tracy
My Brother's Wife
1989 · Movie
as Eleanor Goldberg-Rusher
Cross of Fire
1989 · TV Show
as Madge Oberholtzer
Cameron's Closet
1988 · Movie
as Dr. Nora Haley
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1987 · Movie
as Terry
Harry's Hong Kong
1987 · Movie
as Fay Salerno
thirtysomething
1987 · TV Show
as Hope Steadman
Heart of the City
1986 · TV Show
as Anne
M*A*S*H
1972 · TV Show
