Mel Harris
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 12, 1956 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Credits
- 65
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.
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Known for
Filmography
Arthur's Whisky
2024Movie
Dr. Deborah Wingard
Queen of Knives
2023Movie
Kathy
King of Knives
2020Movie
Kathy
Imposters
2017TV
Margaret Jonson
Shut Eye
2016TV
Nadine Davies
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2015TV
Shawna
Imagine That
2009Movie
Maggie Johnson (uncredited)
The Lodger
2009Movie
Margaret
Cane
2007TV
Constance Hughes
Saints & Sinners
2007TV
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
2005Movie
Mel Harris
Criminal Minds
2005TV
Congressman Steyer
E-Ring
2005TV
Close to Home
2005TV
Beth Murphy
Out of the Woods
2005Movie
Beth Fleming
Purple Heart
2005Movie
Dr. Harrison
Dynamite
2004Movie
Faye Baxter
House
2004TV
Barbara Bardach
CSI: NY
2004TV
Julie Rollins
If...
2004TV
Cold Case
2003TV
Grace Anderson
Hangman's Curse
2003Movie
Sarah Springfield
Another pretty face
2002Movie
The Retrievers
2001Movie
Karen Lowry
Firetrap
2001Movie
Cordella Calloway
Sonic Impact
2000Movie
Co-Pilot Jennifer Blake
The Mumbo Jumbo
2000Movie
Dolly Bird
Madigan Men
2000TV
Strong Medicine
2000TV
Biddy Hightower
Out of Time
2000Movie
Annie Epson
The West Wing
1999TV
Ricky Rafferty
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Eileen Switzer
Dawson's Creek
1998TV
Helen Lindley
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997Movie
Sarah McLeish
Stargate SG-1
1997TV
Oma Desala
What Kind of Mother Are You?
1996Movie
Laura Hyler
Something So Right
1996TV
Carly Davis
A Case for Life
1996Movie
LIz Hemmitt
Sharon's Secret
1995Movie
Laurel O'Connor
The Secretary
1995Movie
Ellen Bradford
The Outer Limits
1995TV
Dr. Christina Markham
Welcome to Paradise
1995Movie
Claire
The Pagemaster
1994Movie
Claire Tyler
Broken Lullaby
1994Movie
Jordan Kirkland
Touched by an Angel
1994TV
Kelly Rockhill
Ultimate Betrayal
1994Movie
Susan Rodgers
The Spider and the Fly
1994Movie
Dianna Taylor
Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story
1993Movie
Allison Wilcox
Suture
1993Movie
Dr. Renee Descartes
Distant Cousins
1993Movie
Katherine June Sullivan
With Hostile Intent
1993Movie
Kathy Arnold
Wind Dancer
1993Movie
Susan Allen
Child of Rage
1992Movie
Jill Tyler
Raising Cain
1992Movie
Sarah
Grass Roots
1992Movie
Kate Rule
The Burden of Proof
1992TV
Sonia Klonsky
My Brother's Wife
1989Movie
Eleanor Goldberg-Rusher
Cross of Fire
1989TV
Madge Oberholtzer
K-9
1989Movie
Tracy
Cameron's Closet
1988Movie
Dr. Nora Haley
thirtysomething
1987TV
Hope Steadman
Harry's Hong Kong
1987Movie
Fay Salerno
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1987Movie
Terry
Heart of the City
1986TV
Anne
M*A*S*H
1972TV