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Mel Rodriguez
Mel Rodriguez (Melvin Dimas Rodriguez, born 1973, Miami) is an American character actor known for Getting On, The Last Man on Earth, Better Call Saul, CSI: Vegas, and The Residence, and the voice of Officer Colt Bronco in Onward.
Melanie Paxson
Melanie Paxson (Melanie Deanne Moore), born 1972 in Champaign, Illinois, is an American actress known for Happy Family, Notes from the Underbelly, the Fairy Godmother in Disney's Descendants films, and Glad's "Voice of Reason" commercials.
Melinda Clarke
Melinda Patrice Clarke (Mindy Clarke), American actress born 1969 in Dana Point, California; known for Julie Cooper on The O.C., Lady Heather on CSI, Amanda on Nikita, and the Welcome to the OC, Bitches! podcast.
Melissa Benoist
Melissa Benoist (born 1988, Littleton, Colorado) is an American actress and singer known as Marley Rose on Glee and Kara Zor-El in Supergirl (2015–2021, 126 episodes), later in The Girls on the Bus and The Waterfront.
Melissa Collazo
Melissa Collazo (born 2000, Orlando, Florida) is an American actress of Puerto Rican descent known for Caitlyn Torres in Motorheads, Maeve Rojas in One of Us Is Lying, and Ryler in Freaky.
Melissa Fumero
Melissa Fumero (nee Melissa Gallo, born 1982, Lyndhurst, New Jersey) is an American actress of Cuban descent, known for Adriana Cramer on One Life to Live and Detective Amy Santiago on Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-2021), later Blockbuster, Grosse Pointe Garden Society, and CBS's Einstein.
Melissa Leo
Melissa Leo (born 1960, New York City) is an American actress, Oscar winner as Best Supporting Actress for The Fighter (2011) and Emmy winner for Louie; also known as Kay Howard in Homicide: Life on the Street and for Frozen River.
Melissa McBride
Melissa Suzanne McBride, born 1965 in Lexington, Kentucky, is an American actress and former casting director known for Carol Peletier on The Walking Dead and its Daryl Dixon spin-off, a two-time Saturn Award winner.
Melissa Peterman
Melissa Margaret Peterman, American actress, comedian, and TV host born 1971 in Minneapolis; Barbra Jean on Reba, Bonnie Wheeler on Baby Daddy, Gabby on NBC's Happy's Place, host of Person Place or Thing.
Melissa Rauch
Melissa Ivy Rauch (born 1980, Marlboro, New Jersey) is an American actress and comedian, Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz on The Big Bang Theory (209 episodes), star and EP of NBC's Night Court revival, and co-writer-star of The Bronze.
Melissa Sagemiller
Melissa Sagemiller (born 1974, Washington, D.C.) is an American actress known for Get Over It, Soul Survivors, Sleeper Cell's Gayle Bishop, and A.D.A. Gillian Hardwicke on Law & Order: SVU; active 1999–2014, married to Alex Nesic.
Melissa Villaseñor
Melissa Villaseñor (born 1987, Whittier, California) is an American stand-up comedian, impressionist, and voice actress, the first Latina cast member of Saturday Night Live (2016–2022), known for impressions of Dolly Parton, Lady Gaga, and Owen Wilson.
Melody Hurd
Melody Hurd (born 2011, Prince George's County, Maryland) is an American child actress known for Gracie Emory in Them, Maddy Logelin in Fatherhood, and Janelle Cross in Cross; 2025 NAACP Image Award nominee.
Melonie Diaz
Melonie Diaz, American actress born 1984 in New York City, indie-film lead in Raising Victor Vargas and Fruitvale Station, two Spirit Award nominations, and star of Mel Vera on Charmed (2018–2022).
Melora Hardin
Melora Hardin (born 1967, Houston) is an American actress, singer, and director known as Jan Levinson on The Office and Trudy Monk on Monk, with an Emmy nomination for Transparent, Broadway roles in Chicago and McNeal, three albums, and collage art brand Storyboards.
Melora Walters
Melora Walters, born 1960 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, is an American actress, director, and screenwriter known for Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Big Love (Wanda Henrickson), PEN15 (Kathy Kone), and directing Waterlily Jaguar and Drowning.
Melvin Gregg
Melvin Gregg (born 1988, Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American actor and producer who rose from Vine comedy fame to roles in American Vandal, High Flying Bird, Snowfall's Manboy, and Peacock's The Paper.
Melvin Williams (actor)
Melvin Douglas Williams, known as Little Melvin (1941–2015), was a former West Baltimore drug figure who played the Deacon in later seasons of HBO's The Wire and is said to have inspired Avon Barksdale; he died in Baltimore in 2015.
Mena Suvari
Mena Suvari (born 1979, Newport, Rhode Island) is an American actress and model known for American Pie (1999) and American Beauty (1999), BAFTA- and SAG-nominated, Emmy-nominated for RZR, memoirist of The Great Peace.
Mercedes Mason
Mercedes Mason (Mercedes Masohn), born 1982 in Linköping, Sweden, is a Swedish-American actress and former model known for Fear the Walking Dead, The Rookie, 666 Park Avenue, and Quarantine 2: Terminal, later writing and directing shorts.
Meredith Eaton
Meredith Eaton (Meredith Hope Eaton-Gilden), born 1974 in Long Island, New York, is an American actress known for Bethany Horowitz on Boston Legal, Carol Wilson on NCIS, and Matty Webber on MacGyver (2016–2021), after a debut in Unconditional Love (2002).
Meredith Garretson
Meredith Garretson (born 1983) is an American actress known for Kate Hawthorne on Resident Alien (2021–2025), Ali MacGraw in The Offer, the film Friendship, and co-founding Society Theatre Company.
Meredith Hagner
Meredith Hagner (Meredith Kathleen Hagner), American actress born 1987 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina; known for Portia Davenport on Search Party (2016–2022), a Daytime Emmy-nominated soap debut on As the World Turns, and films Palm Springs and Vacation Friends.
Merle Dandridge
Merle Dandridge (born 1975, Okinawa, Japan) is an American actress and singer known as Grace Greenleaf in Greenleaf, Alyx Vance in Half-Life 2, and Marlene in The Last of Us games and the HBO series, with Broadway roles in Aida, Tarzan, Spamalot, and Once on This Island.
Merrell Twins
Merrell Twins: identical twin creators Veronica and Vanessa Merrell (born 1996, Kansas City), YouTube channel with 5.6M+ subscribers and 1B+ views, Jane the Virgin roles, Twin My Heart, Prom Knight.
Merritt Wever
Merritt Wever, full name Merritt Carmen Wever, is an American actress known for playing nurse Zoey Barkow on Nurse Jackie and winning three Primetime Emmy Awards, most recently for Severance in 2025.
Mia Serafino
Mia Serafino (born 1989, Detroit) is an American actress known for NBC's Crowded (Stella Moore), iCarly (2021, Pearl), and Beef (2023, Mia), plus films Electric Love, Zeroville, and Saving Mr. Banks.
Micah Fowler
Micah Fowler is an American actor with cerebral palsy, born in 1998 in New Jersey, known for playing JJ DiMeo on ABC's Speechless from 2016 to 2019.
Michael Angarano
Michael Angarano, full name Michael Anthony Angarano, is an American actor and director born in 1987, a child star of Almost Famous and Sky High who earned an Emmy nomination for This Is Us.
Michael B. Jordan
Michael B. Jordan (Michael Bakari Jordan), American actor, producer, and director born 1987 in Santa Ana, California; known for The Wire, Fruitvale Station, the Creed series, Black Panther, and his 2026 Best Actor Oscar for Sinners.