Mel Harris
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 12, 1956 (age 70)
- Birthplace
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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 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
Known For
Filmography
Arthur's Whisky
Movie · as Dr. Deborah Wingard
Queen of Knives
Movie · as Kathy
King of Knives
Movie · as Kathy
Imposters
TV · as Margaret Jonson · 3 eps
Shut Eye
TV · as Nadine Davies · 10 eps
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
TV · as Shawna · 1 ep
The Lodger
Movie · as Margaret
Imagine That
Movie · as Maggie Johnson (uncredited)
Saints & Sinners
TV · 50 eps
Cane
TV · as Constance Hughes · 1 ep
Out of the Woods
Movie · as Beth Fleming
Purple Heart
Movie · as Dr. Harrison
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
Movie · as Mel Harris
E-Ring
TV · 1 ep
Criminal Minds
TV · as Congressman Steyer
Close to Home
TV · as Beth Murphy · 1 ep
Dynamite
Movie · as Faye Baxter
House
TV · as Barbara Bardach · 1 ep
CSI: NY
TV · as Julie Rollins · 1 ep
If...
TV · 1 ep
Hangman's Curse
Movie · as Sarah Springfield
Cold Case
TV · as Grace Anderson · 1 ep
Another pretty face
Movie
Firetrap
Movie · as Cordella Calloway
The Retrievers
Movie · as Karen Lowry
The Mumbo Jumbo
Movie · as Dolly Bird
Sonic Impact
Movie · as Co-Pilot Jennifer Blake
Out of Time
Movie · as Annie Epson
Madigan Men
TV · 1 ep
Strong Medicine
TV · as Biddy Hightower · 1 ep
The West Wing
TV · as Ricky Rafferty · 1 ep
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Eileen Switzer · 2 eps
Dawson's Creek
TV · as Helen Lindley · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Movie · as Sarah McLeish
Stargate SG-1
TV · as Oma Desala · 3 eps
A Case for Life
Movie · as LIz Hemmitt
What Kind of Mother Are You?
Movie · as Laura Hyler
Something So Right
TV · as Carly Davis · 37 eps
The Secretary
Movie · as Ellen Bradford
Sharon's Secret
Movie · as Laurel O'Connor
Welcome to Paradise
Movie · as Claire
The Outer Limits
TV · as Dr. Christina Markham · 1 ep
The Pagemaster
Movie · as Claire Tyler
Broken Lullaby
Movie · as Jordan Kirkland
The Spider and the Fly
Movie · as Dianna Taylor
Ultimate Betrayal
Movie · as Susan Rodgers
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Kelly Rockhill · 1 ep
Suture
Movie · as Dr. Renee Descartes
Distant Cousins
Movie · as Katherine June Sullivan
Wind Dancer
Movie · as Susan Allen
Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story
Movie · as Allison Wilcox
With Hostile Intent
Movie · as Kathy Arnold
Child of Rage
Movie · as Jill Tyler
Grass Roots
Movie · as Kate Rule
Raising Cain
Movie · as Sarah
The Burden of Proof
TV · as Sonia Klonsky · 2 eps
K-9
Movie · as Tracy
My Brother's Wife
Movie · as Eleanor Goldberg-Rusher
Cross of Fire
TV · as Madge Oberholtzer · 2 eps
Cameron's Closet
Movie · as Dr. Nora Haley
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Movie · as Terry
Harry's Hong Kong
Movie · as Fay Salerno
thirtysomething
TV · as Hope Steadman · 85 eps
Heart of the City
TV · as Anne · 1 ep
M*A*S*H
TV · 1 ep