Mel Harris
Acting
Born: July 12, 1956 (age 70) · Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Highest Rated
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
Known for
House
2004
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Criminal Minds
2005
Stargate SG-1
1997
K-9
1989
The Pagemaster
1994
CSI: NY
2004
M*A*S*H
1972
Dawson's Creek
1998
Imagine That
2009
The West Wing
1999
Cold Case
2003
Photos (1)
Movies (36)
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Terry
K-9
Tracy
The Pagemaster
Claire Tyler
Imagine That
Maggie Johnson (uncredited)
Raising Cain
Sarah
The Lodger
Margaret
Arthur's Whisky
Dr. Deborah Wingard
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Sarah McLeish
Dynamite
Faye Baxter
King of Knives
Kathy
Cameron's Closet
Dr. Nora Haley
Ultimate Betrayal
Susan Rodgers
The Retrievers
Karen Lowry
Out of the Woods
Beth Fleming
Firetrap
Cordella Calloway
Grass Roots
Kate Rule
Suture
Dr. Renee Descartes
Sonic Impact
Co-Pilot Jennifer Blake
Welcome to Paradise
Claire
My Brother's Wife
Eleanor Goldberg-Rusher
Hangman's Curse
Sarah Springfield
Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story
Allison Wilcox
What Kind of Mother Are You?
Laura Hyler
Child of Rage
Jill Tyler
The Mumbo Jumbo
Dolly Bird
Broken Lullaby
Jordan Kirkland
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
Mel Harris
Harry's Hong Kong
Fay Salerno
Out of Time
Annie Epson
Purple Heart
Dr. Harrison
The Secretary
Ellen Bradford
Sharon's Secret
Laurel O'Connor
Wind Dancer
Susan Allen
Queen of Knives
Kathy
Distant Cousins
Katherine June Sullivan
Another pretty face
2002
TV Shows (26)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Eileen Switzer · 2 eps
Criminal Minds
2005
Criminal Minds
Congressman Steyer · 1 eps
House
Barbara Bardach · 1 eps
Stargate SG-1
Oma Desala · 3 eps
The West Wing
Ricky Rafferty · 1 eps
CSI: NY
Julie Rollins · 1 eps
M*A*S*H
1 eps
Cold Case
Grace Anderson · 1 eps
Dawson's Creek
Helen Lindley · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Kelly Rockhill · 1 eps
Strong Medicine
Biddy Hightower · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Dr. Christina Markham · 1 eps
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Shawna · 1 eps
thirtysomething
Hope Steadman · 85 eps
Close to Home
Beth Murphy · 1 eps
Imposters
Margaret Jonson · 3 eps
Cane
Constance Hughes · 1 eps
Shut Eye
Nadine Davies · 10 eps
Saints & Sinners
50 eps
E-Ring
1 eps
Heart of the City
Anne · 1 eps
Something So Right
Carly Davis · 37 eps
Madigan Men
1 eps
The Burden of Proof
Sonia Klonsky · 2 eps
Cross of Fire
Madge Oberholtzer · 2 eps