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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.
Melina Mercouri
Melina Mercouri (Μελίνα Μερκούρη), 1920-1994, Greek actress and politician, star of Never on Sunday (Cannes Best Actress 1960), PASOK MP for Piraeus, and Greece's Minister of Culture 1981-89 and 1993-94; led the campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles and created the European Capital of Culture initiative.
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.
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 Kinnaman
Melinda Kinnaman (Melinda Rosalie Kinnaman, born 1971) is a Swedish actress, breakthrough as Saga in My Life as a Dog (1985), Inger Johanne Vik in Modus (2015-2017), Dramaten and circus work, half-sister of Joel Kinnaman.
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.
Melinda Messenger
Melinda Messenger, born 1971 in Swindon, is an English former Page Three model turned TV presenter, known for The Sun's 'Girl of the Thrillennium' era and Channel 5's Cowboy Builders, now a psychotherapist.
Melissa Barrera
Melissa Barrera (Melissa Barrera Martínez), Mexican actress from Monterrey born 1990; star of In the Heights, Scream and Scream VI; fired from Scream 7 in 2023 over Palestine advocacy; Broadway debut in Titanique.
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 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 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 George
Melissa Suzanne George, Australian actress born 1976 in Perth, known as Angel Parrish on Home and Away, for Alias and In Treatment, the Silver Logie-winning The Slap, and Apple TV+'s The Mosquito Coast.
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 Gorga
Melissa Gorga is an American reality TV personality on Bravo's The Real Housewives of New Jersey since season 3 (2011), wife of Joe Gorga, founder of Envy boutique and Let's Sprinkle by MG cookies.
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 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 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 O'Neil
Melissa O'Neil (Melissa Crystal O'Neil), Canadian actress and singer born 1988 in Calgary; won Canadian Idol season 3 in 2005 as youngest and first female winner, then starred as Two/Portia Lin in Dark Matter and Lucy Chen on The Rookie.
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 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 Rivers
Melissa Rivers (born Melissa Warburg Rosenberg, 1968) is an American TV host, producer, and author, daughter of Joan Rivers, co-creator of E!'s red carpet coverage and Fashion Police, and a New York Times bestselling author.
Melissa Roxburgh
Melissa Roxburgh (born 1992, Vancouver) is a Canadian actress known as Michaela Stone on Manifest (2018–2023) and Bex Henderson on NBC's The Hunting Party, with early roles in Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Star Trek Beyond.
Melissa Rycroft
Melissa Rycroft (Melissa Katherine Rycroft-Strickland, born 1983) is a Dallas-born TV personality, former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, Bachelor season 13 contestant dumped by Jason Mesnick, and Dancing with the Stars season 8 third-place finisher and 2012 All-Stars winner.
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 Stratton
Melissa Stratton (born 1989) is an American adult film performer and content creator, also known as KittyBaby, who began camming on Chaturbate in 2021, debuted in studio scenes in March 2022, and runs self-booking and AI ventures.
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.