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Melinda Clarke was born on April 24,
1969, in Dana Point, California. Her father, John, is an actor, and her
mother, Patricia, is a ballet dancer. Melinda was trained in dance and
ballet, and even as a coloratura soprano, while growing up with brother
Joshua and sister Heidi (who died in 1994). Once in her teens, Melinda
decided to pursue acting.
Melinda moved to Los Angeles to start her acting career at age 18, and n
no time at all she had her first job, playing Faith Taylor on Days of Our
Lives. Of course, it didn't hurt that Melinda's father John had been a
regular on that daytime soap since it first began back in 1965. Melinda
left the show after a brief stint from 1989 to 1990.
During the first half of the 1990s, Melinda took roles in mostly
forgettable movies, such as Hot Under the Collar (1991), Return of the
Living Dead 3 (1993), Young Goodman Brown (1993), Out for Blood (1993),
and Return to Two Moon Junction (1994). During this time, she turned down
a role in Scream (1996) -- reportedly because she didn't want to be in
another horror movie like Return of the Living Dead 3 -- and she was also
one of a few actresses to turn down the starring role in TV's Xena:
Warrior Princess. Nevertheless, things began to pick up for Melinda during
the rest of the decade. In a bit of a reversal, she appeared in the cult
horror outing The Killer Tongue in 1996. She then appeared in Spawn (1997)
and became a bigger TV star, landing guest shots on Xena, Seinfeld and
Sliders, and starring in S.O.F. Special Ops Force.
In June 1997, she married Ernie Mirich in a small, private ceremony with
friends and family in her hometown of Dana Point. The two now have a
daughter, Kathryn Grace.
After 2000, Melinda appeared on Nash Bridges, Charmed, Star Trek:
Enterprise and Everwood, had a role in the pilot for First Monday, and had
memorable recurring roles on The District, as Detective Olivia Cahill, and
on CSI, as Lady Heather.
In 2003, Melinda lent her voice to The Animatrix and began starring on the
new FOX hit show The O.C.. As Julie Cooper-Nichol, Melinda has helped
redefine that staple character of prime-time soaps, the Machiavellian
matriarch. |
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When Worlds Collide (2008)
.... Angelica Daniels
The Man (2007) (TV) .... Captain Brooke McCluskey
She Drives Me Crazy (2007) (TV) .... Blithe Meacham
... aka She Drives Me Crazy (USA: alternative title)
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" .... Lady Heather / ... (4
episodes, 2001-2007)
... aka C.S.I. (USA: short title)
... aka CSI: Las Vegas (USA: syndication title)
... aka CSI: Weekends (USA: promotional title)
... aka Experts, Les (Canada: French title)
- The Good, the Bad and the Dominatrix (2007) TV Episode .... Lady
Heather Kessler
- Pirates of the Third Reich (2006) TV Episode .... Lady Heather
- Lady Heather's Box (2003) TV Episode .... Lady Heather
- Slaves of Las Vegas (2001) TV Episode .... Lady Heather
"The O.C." .... Julie Cooper / ... (87 episodes, 2003-2007)
- The End's Not Near, It's Here (2007) TV Episode .... Julie Cooper
- The Night Moves (2007) TV Episode .... Julie Cooper
- The Shake Up (2007) TV Episode .... Julie Cooper
- The Case of the Franks (2007) TV Episode .... Julie Cooper
- The Groundhog Day (2007) TV Episode .... Julie Cooper
(82 more)
Backstage: Hollywood Fashion (2007) (TV)
"Avatar: The Last Airbender" .... Additional Voices / ... (1
episode, 2006)
- Tales of Ba Sing Se (2006) TV Episode (voice) .... Madame
Macmu-Ling/Additional Voices
"Entourage" .... Melinda / ... (2 episodes, 2005-2006)
- Strange Days (2006) TV Episode .... Woman Looking at Ring
- The Bat Mitzvah (2005) TV Episode .... Melinda
Mission: Impossible - Operation Surma (2003) (VG) (voice) .... Sofia
Ivanescu
"Firefly" .... Nandi (1 episode, 2003)
... aka Firefly: The Series (USA)
- Heart of Gold (2003) TV Episode .... Nandi
Matriculated (2003) (voice) .... Alexa
... aka The Animatrix: Matriculated (USA: series title)
The Animatrix (2003) (V) (voice) .... Alexa (segment "Matriculated")
"The District" .... Detective Olivia Cahill / ... (5 episodes,
2002-2003)
- Bloodlines (2003) TV Episode .... Detective Olivia Cahill
- Explicit Activities (2002) TV Episode .... Detective Olivia Cahill
- Convictions (2002) TV Episode .... Detective Olivia Cahill
- Still Life (2002) TV Episode .... Det. Olivia Cahill
- The Greenhouse Effect (2002) TV Episode .... Det. Olivia Cahill
"Tremors" .... Dr. Megan Flynn (1 episode, 2003)
- Night of the Shriekers (2003) TV Episode .... Dr. Megan Flynn
"Everwood" .... Sally Keyes (1 episode, 2002)
... aka Our New Life in Everwood (UK: new syndication title)
- Till Death Do Us Part (2002) TV Episode .... Sally Keyes
"Charmed" .... The Siren (1 episode, 2002)
- Siren Song (2002) TV Episode .... The Siren
"First Monday" (1 episode, 2002)
- Pilot (2002) TV Episode
Cold Sweat (2002) .... Starring
.com for Murder (2002) .... Michelle Williams
Dynamite (2002) .... Beta
... aka Family Under Siege (USA: MIFED title)
"Enterprise" .... Sarin (2 episodes, 2001)
... aka Star Trek: Enterprise (USA: new title)
- Broken Bow: Part 1 (2001) TV Episode .... Sarin
- Broken Bow: Part 2 (2001) TV Episode .... Sarin
"Nash Bridges" .... Inspector Abby Gordon / ... (2 episodes,
1997-2000)
... aka Bridges
- End Game (2000) TV Episode .... Inspector Abby Gordon
- Out of Chicago (1997) TV Episode .... Karen Decker
"The Pretender" .... Miss Eve (1 episode, 2000)
- Meltdown (2000) TV Episode .... Miss Eve |
