Mel Harris
Born: 1956-07-12 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Known For: Acting
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
Filmography
2024
- Arthur's Whisky as Dr. Deborah Wingard
2023
- Queen of Knives as Kathy
2020
- King of Knives as Kathy
2017
- Imposters as Margaret Jonson
2015
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend as Shawna
2009
- The Lodger as Margaret
2007
- Cane as Constance Hughes
- Saints & Sinners
2005
- Criminal Minds
- Close to Home as Beth Murphy
- E-Ring
- Purple Heart as Dr. Harrison
- The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie as Mel Harris
- Out of the Woods as Beth Fleming
2003
- Cold Case as Grace Anderson
- Hangman's Curse as Sarah Springfield
2002
2001
- The Retrievers as Karen Lowry
- Firetrap as Cordella Calloway
2000
- Strong Medicine as Biddy Hightower
- Sonic Impact as Co-Pilot Jennifer Blake
- The Mumbo Jumbo as Dolly Bird
- Madigan Men
- Out of Time as Annie Epson
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Eileen Switzer
- The West Wing as Ricky Rafferty
1998
- Dawson's Creek as Helen Lindley
1997
- Stargate SG-1 as Oma Desala
- Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Sarah McLeish
1996
- Something So Right as Carly Davis
- What Kind of Mother Are You? as Laura Hyler
- A Case for Life as LIz Hemmitt
1995
- The Outer Limits as Dr. Christina Markham
- The Secretary as Ellen Bradford
- Sharon's Secret as Laurel O'Connor
- Welcome to Paradise as Claire
1994
- Touched by an Angel as Kelly Rockhill
- Broken Lullaby as Jordan Kirkland
- The Pagemaster as Claire Tyler
- Ultimate Betrayal as Susan Rodgers
- The Spider and the Fly as Dianna Taylor
1993
- Wind Dancer as Susan Allen
- Distant Cousins as Katherine June Sullivan
- Suture as Dr. Renee Descartes
- Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story as Allison Wilcox
- With Hostile Intent as Kathy Arnold
1992
- Child of Rage as Jill Tyler
- Raising Cain as Sarah
- The Burden of Proof as Sonia Klonsky
- Grass Roots as Kate Rule
1989
- K-9 as Tracy
- My Brother's Wife as Eleanor Goldberg-Rusher
- Cross of Fire as Madge Oberholtzer
1988
- Cameron's Closet as Dr. Nora Haley
1987
- thirtysomething as Hope Steadman
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Terry
- Harry's Hong Kong as Fay Salerno
1986
- Heart of the City as Anne