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Melina Kanakaredes
Melina Kanakaredes (Μελίνα Κανακαρίδη), American actress born 1967 in Akron, Ohio; starred as Dr. Sydney Hansen on Providence and Detective Stella Bonasera on CSI: NY, with Broadway, film, and Greek-heritage advocacy work.
Melinda Dillon
Melinda Dillon (1939–2023), American character actress and two-time Oscar nominee, best known as Jillian Guiler in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Mother Parker in A Christmas Story; also originated Honey on Broadway.
Melinda McGraw
Melinda McGraw (born 1963, Nicosia, Cyprus) is an American RADA-trained actress known for Bobbie Barrett on Mad Men, Barbara Gordon in The Dark Knight, and Melissa Scully on The X-Files.
Melissa De Sousa
Melissa De Sousa (born 1967) is an American actress of Afro-Panamanian descent, a former Alvin Ailey dancer known for Shelby in The Best Man films, Black Lightning, and an NAACP Image Award nomination.
Melissa Gilbert
Melissa Ellen Gilbert, born 1964 in Los Angeles, is an American actress and former Screen Actors Guild president, best known as Laura Ingalls on NBC's Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983), later a 2015 congressional candidate.
Melissa Joan Hart
Melissa Joan Hart (born 1976) is an American actress, director, and producer, star of Clarissa Explains It All, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Melissa & Joey; co-owner of Hartbreak Films and later a sitcom director.
Melissa McCarthy
Melissa McCarthy, American actress and comedian (born 1970, Plainfield, Illinois), Sookie St. James on Gilmore Girls, star of Bridesmaids, The Heat, and Spy; two Oscar nominations, Emmy winner for Mike & Molly and SNL.
Melissa Newman
Melissa Newman refers to two American actresses often confused with each other: Lissy Newman (born 1961), daughter of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, and a separate actress known for Robotech and The Undefeated.
Melissa Reeves
Melissa Reeves (Melissa Brennan), American actress born 1967 in Eatontown, New Jersey; played Jade Perkins on Santa Barbara and, since 1985, Jennifer Horton on Days of our Lives, winning four Soap Opera Digest Awards; married to Scott Reeves.
Melissa Sue Anderson
Melissa Sue Anderson is an American actress born 1962 in Berkeley, California, best known as Mary Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie (1974–1981), a 1978 Emmy nominee, 1980 Daytime Emmy winner, and memoirist of The Way I See It.
Mercedes Ruehl
Mercedes Ruehl, born 1948 in Queens, New York, is an American stage, film, and television actress who won the 1991 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Fisher King and the Tony Award for Lost in Yonkers.
Meredith Baxter
Meredith Baxter, also billed as Meredith Baxter-Birney, American actress born 1947, in South Pasadena, California; starred in Bridget Loves Bernie, Family, and Family Ties as Elyse Keaton, became a TV-movie fixture, came out in 2009, and wrote the memoir Untied.
Meredith Monroe
Meredith Monroe, American actress (birth year reported as 1968 or 1969), known as Andie McPhee on Dawson's Creek, Haley Hotchner on Criminal Minds, and Carolyn Standall on 13 Reasons Why.
Meredith Salenger
Meredith Dawn Salenger (born 1970, Malibu) is an American actress known for The Journey of Natty Gann (1985), Lake Placid, and voicing Barriss Offee in Star Wars; Harvard psychology graduate, mediator, wife of Patton Oswalt.
Merlin Santana
Merlin Santana (1976-2002) was an American actor of Dominican descent, known as Romeo Santana on The Steve Harvey Show and Stanley on The Cosby Show; shot dead in Los Angeles at 26.
Merrin Dungey
Merrin Dungey (Merrin Melissa Dungey, b. 1971, Sacramento) is an American actress known for Francie Calfo/Allison Doren on Alias, Kelly Palmer on The King of Queens, Ursula on Once Upon a Time, Big Little Lies, and Chicago Med's Dr. Jennifer Kingston.
Merritt Butrick
Merritt Butrick (Merritt R. Butrick), American actor (1959–1989) born in Gainesville, Florida; played Dr. David Marcus in Star Trek II and III and Johnny Slash in Square Pegs; died in Los Angeles of toxoplasmosis complicated by AIDS.
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep (Mary Louise Streep, born 1949, Summit, New Jersey) is an American actress with a record 21 Oscar nominations and three wins, plus eight Golden Globes and three Emmys, known for versatility and accent work.
Meryl Streep on screen and stage
Meryl Streep (Mary Louise Streep) is the record 21-time Oscar-nominated American actress who began on the New York stage in 1975, won three Academy Awards (Kramer vs. Kramer, Sophie's Choice, The Iron Lady), and now stars in Only Murders in the Building.
Meshach Taylor
Meshach Taylor (1947–2014) was an American actor who played Anthony Bouvier on all seven seasons of Designing Women (1986–93), earning a 1989 Emmy nomination, and Hollywood Montrose in Mannequin (1987).
Michael Bailey Smith
Michael Bailey Smith (born 1957, Alpena, Michigan) is an American actor, a former 82nd Airborne paratrooper and Dallas Cowboys free agent, known for Super Freddy, Belthazor and Shax on Charmed, and Ben Grimm in the unreleased 1994 Fantastic Four.
Michael Beck
Michael Beck (John Michael Beck Taylor, born 1949) is an American actor known as Swan in The Warriors (1979) and Sonny Malone in Xanadu (1980), later a TV and audiobook narrator.
Michael Biehn
Michael Biehn (born 1956, Anniston, Alabama) is an American actor known as Kyle Reese in The Terminator, Corporal Hicks in Aliens, and Lt. Coffey in The Abyss, all James Cameron films, plus Tombstone, The Rock, and The Mandalorian.
Michael Boatman
Michael Boatman (born 1964) is an American actor and writer known for Carter Heywood on Spin City, Samuel Beckett on China Beach, Stanley Babson on Arli$$, and Julius Cain on The Good Wife and The Good Fight.
Michael Brandon
Michael Brandon (born Michael Feldman, 1945, Brooklyn) is an American actor known for Dempsey and Makepeace, Jerry Springer: The Opera (Olivier nomination), and narrating Thomas & Friends.
Michael Buscemi
Michael Buscemi (born 1960, Brooklyn) is an American actor, writer, and director, younger brother of Steve Buscemi; known for Trees Lounge, BlacKkKlansman, Nurse Jackie as God, and Park Bench.
Michael Chiklis
Michael Chiklis (born 1963, Lowell, Massachusetts) is an American actor known as Vic Mackey on The Shield, Tony Scali on The Commish, and the Thing in Fantastic Four; Emmy and Golden Globe winner.
Michael Clarke Duncan
Michael Clarke Duncan (1957–2012), American actor, Oscar-nominated as John Coffey in The Green Mile (1999); also Armageddon, Daredevil's Kingpin, voice of Kung Fu Panda; died after a July 2012 heart attack.
Michael Cole (actor)
Michael Cole (1940-2024), American actor, played Pete Cochran on ABC's The Mod Squad (1968-73), later Harlan Barrett on General Hospital and Henry Bowers in It; distinct from the WWE commentator and the children's TV writer of the same name.
Michael Conrad
Michael Conrad (1925–1983), American character actor and Sgt. Phil Esterhaus on Hill Street Blues, two-time Emmy winner (1981, 1982) whose roll-call catchphrase "Let's be careful out there" became famous; also Nate Scarboro in The Longest Yard.