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Melinda Clarke - Biography |
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Melinda Clarke (born April 24, 1969)
is an American actress known primarily for her work in television. Clarke
is best known for her role on The O.C. as the cunning and manipulative
Julie Cooper.
Clarke was born Melinda Whitney Nicola Clarke in Dana Point, California,
the daughter of Patricia (née Lewis), a ballet dancer, and John Clarke, an
actor. She has a brother, Joshua, and a sister, Heidi, who died in 1994 of
a malignant heart tumor. She also has a daughter named Catherine Grace,
with whom she resides in Beverly Hills, California. Clarke's height is 5'
7" (1.70 m), and she is a cigar aficionado.
Clarke appeared on the daytime soap opera Days of our Lives as Faith Brown
(where her father John Clarke was a senior cast member), and starred on
Soldier of Fortune, Inc. for both of its seasons. She also guest starred
on Xena: Warrior Princess as the Amazon chieftain Velasca, Firefly as the
brothel madam Nandi, Charmed as the Siren, and has had five appearances on
CSI where she played the dominatrix, Lady Heather. She also appeared in
the Seinfeld episode "The Muffin Tops", playing Jerry's girlfriend who
likes anything hairless.
She originally appeared on the FOX drama The O.C. as a guest star, and due
to fan response was offered a contract for her role as Julie
Cooper-Nichol, a cunning socialite who marries for money. Clarke accepted
the role and became an integral part of the show's storylines. As well as
starring on The O.C., she has appeared on HBO's hit series Entourage as a
fictionalized version of herself, married to Malcolm McDowell's Terrance
McQuewick. Clarke also appeared as the Devil's girlfriend in The CW
Television Network's 2007 series Reaper. She also auditioned for the role
of "Number Six" on SCI-FI's smash hit Battlestar Galactica but the role
ultimately went to Tricia Helfer. In 2010 she is set to appear on the CW
show The Vampire Diaries as the Kelly Donovan, Matt Donovan's absentee
mother.
Clarke has volunteered as an actress with the Young Storytellers
Foundation. Other projects included a TV movie, She Drives Me Crazy,
produced by former co-star Rowan. She also appeared on Chuck as a guest
star, another series created by The O.C.'s creator Josh Schwartz. |
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Melinda Clarke - Filmography |
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Mate (2010) .... Dr. Mia
Middleton
"Entourage" .... Melinda (2 episodes, 2006-2009)
- Scared Straight (2009) TV episode .... Melinda
- Strange Days (2006) TV episode .... Melinda
"Eli Stone" .... Dr. Lee (3 episodes, 2008-2009)
- Sonoma (2009) TV episode .... Dr. Lee
- Two Ministers (2008) TV episode .... Dr. Lee
- Owner of a Lonely Heart (2008) TV episode .... Dr. Lee
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" .... Lady Heather (5 episodes,
2001-2008)
... aka CSI: Las Vegas (South Africa: English title: informal
alternative title) (USA: syndication title)
... aka C.S.I. (USA: short title)
... aka CSI: Weekends (USA: promotional title)
... aka Les experts (Canada: French title)
- Leave Out All the Rest (2008) TV episode .... Lady Heather
- The Good, the Bad and the Dominatrix (2007) TV episode .... Lady
Heather
- 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
"Chuck" .... Sasha Banacheck (1 episode, 2008)
- Chuck Versus the Seduction (2008) TV episode .... Sasha Banacheck
"King of the Hill" .... Charlene (1 episode, 2008)
- Untitled Blake McCormick Project (2008) TV episode (voice) ....
Charlene
"Reaper" .... Mimi (1 episode, 2007)
- Ashes to Ashes (2007) TV episode .... Mimi
She Drives Me Crazy (2007) (TV) .... Blithe Meacham
... aka She Drives Me Crazy (USA: alternative title)
"The O.C." .... Julie Cooper / ... (88 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
(83 more)
"Avatar: The Last Airbender" .... Additional Voices / ... (1
episode, 2006)
- The Tales of Ba Sing Se (2006) TV episode (voice) .... Madame
Macmu-Ling/Additional Voices
Mission: Impossible - Operation Surma (2003) (VG) (voice) .... Sofia
Ivanescu
"Firefly" .... Nandi (1 episode, 2003)
... aka Firefly: The Series (USA: long title)
... aka Joss Whedon's Firefly (Australia)
- Heart of Gold (2003) TV episode .... Nandi
Matriculated (2003) (voice) .... Alexa
... aka The Animatrix: Matriculated (USA: series title)
The Animatrix (2003) (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 .... Detective Olivia Cahill
- The Greenhouse Effect (2002) TV episode .... Detective 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 (1 episode, 2001)
... aka Star Trek: Enterprise (USA: new title)
- 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
"Soldier of Fortune, Inc." .... Margo Vincent (10 episodes,
1997-1999)
... aka S.O.F. Special Ops Force (USA: second season title)
... aka S.O.F., Inc.
... aka SOF, Inc.
- Reasonable Doubts (1999) TV episode .... Margo Vincent
- Welcome to Bent Copper (1999) TV episode .... Margo Vincent
- Critical List (1999) TV episode .... Margo Vincent
- Collateral Damage (1997) TV episode .... Margo Vincent
- Broken Play (1997) TV episode .... Margo Vincent
(5 more)
Spawn (1997) .... Jessica Priest
"Sliders" .... Allasandra (1 episode, 1997)
- This Slide of Paradise (1997) TV episode .... Allasandra
"Seinfeld" .... Alex (1 episode, 1997)
- The Muffin Tops (1997) TV episode .... Alex
"Xena: Warrior Princess" .... Velasca (2 episodes, 1997)
... aka Xena (Australia)
- A Necessary Evil (1997) TV episode .... Velasca
- The Quest (1997) TV episode .... Velasca
Soldier of Fortune (1997) (TV) .... Margo Vincent
Critics and Other Freaks (1997) .... Mrs. M
La lengua asesina (1996) .... Candy
... aka The Killer Tongue
"Strange Luck" .... Lola Vale (1 episode, 1996)
- Lightning Strikes (1996) TV episode .... Lola Vale
Mulholland Falls (1996) .... Cigarette Girl
Return to Two Moon Junction (1995) .... Savannah Delongpre
"Heaven Help Us" .... Lexy Monroe (10 episodes, 1994)
- First Comes Love (1994) TV episode .... Lexy Monroe
- The Badge (1994) TV episode .... Lexy Monroe
- The Temptress (1994) TV episode .... Lexy Monroe
- The Last Great Hope (1994) TV episode .... Lexy Monroe
- Stepping Out (1994) TV episode .... Lexy Monroe
(5 more)
"The George Carlin Show" .... Christy (1 episode, 1994)
- George Helps Sydney (1994) TV episode .... Christy
Return of the Living Dead III (1993) (as Mindy Clarke) .... Julie
Walker
... aka Return of the Living Dead 3 (USA: DVD box title)
... aka Return of the Living Dead Part III
Young Goodman Brown (1993) .... Faith Brown
... aka Nataniel Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown
Out for Blood (1992) .... Laura
"Jake and the Fatman" (1 episode, 1991)
- Every Time We Say Goodbye (1991) TV episode
Hot Under the Collar (1991) .... Monica
"Days of Our Lives" .... Faith Taylor (17 episodes, 1989-1990)
... aka Cruise of Deception: Days of Our Lives (USA: summer title)
... aka DOOL (USA: informal short title)
... aka Days (USA: short title)
- Episode dated 28 November 1990 (1990) TV episode .... Faith Taylor
- Episode dated 27 November 1990 (1990) TV episode .... Faith Taylor
- Episode dated 8 November 1990 (1990) TV episode .... Faith Taylor
- Episode #1.6315 (1990) TV episode .... Faith Taylor
- Episode #1.6290 (1990) TV episode .... Faith Taylor
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