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)
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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Filmography (Movies)
Arthur's Whisky
Character:Dr. Deborah Wingard
Release Date:19/09/2024
Queen of Knives
Character:Kathy
Release Date:16/09/2023
King of Knives
Character:Kathy
Release Date:01/12/2020
Imagine That
Character:Maggie Johnson (uncredited)
Release Date:19/06/2009
The Lodger
Character:Margaret
Release Date:14/01/2009
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
Character:Mel Harris
Release Date:23/10/2005
Out of the Woods
Character:Beth Fleming
Release Date:02/04/2005
Purple Heart
Character:Dr. Harrison
Release Date:01/01/2005
Dynamite
Character:Faye Baxter
Release Date:30/11/2004
Hangman's Curse
Character:Sarah Springfield
Release Date:12/09/2003
Another pretty face
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Release Date:20/06/2002
The Retrievers
Character:Karen Lowry
Release Date:27/07/2001
Firetrap
Character:Cordella Calloway
Release Date:16/03/2001
Sonic Impact
Character:Co-Pilot Jennifer Blake
Release Date:14/11/2000
The Mumbo Jumbo
Character:Dolly Bird
Release Date:24/10/2000
Out of Time
Character:Annie Epson
Release Date:17/05/2000
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Character:Sarah McLeish
Release Date:02/11/1997
What Kind of Mother Are You?
Character:Laura Hyler
Release Date:18/11/1996
A Case for Life
Character:LIz Hemmitt
Release Date:18/02/1996
Sharon's Secret
Character:Laurel O'Connor
Release Date:27/09/1995
The Secretary
Character:Ellen Bradford
Release Date:12/04/1995
Welcome to Paradise
Character:Claire
Release Date:10/01/1995
The Pagemaster
Character:Claire Tyler
Release Date:23/11/1994
Broken Lullaby
Character:Jordan Kirkland
Release Date:15/10/1994
Ultimate Betrayal
Character:Susan Rodgers
Release Date:20/03/1994
The Spider and the Fly
Character:Dianna Taylor
Release Date:18/01/1994
Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story
Character:Allison Wilcox
Release Date:05/12/1993
Suture
Character:Dr. Renee Descartes
Release Date:14/09/1993
Distant Cousins
Character:Katherine June Sullivan
Release Date:16/05/1993
With Hostile Intent
Character:Kathy Arnold
Release Date:11/05/1993
Wind Dancer
Character:Susan Allen
Release Date:01/01/1993
Child of Rage
Character:Jill Tyler
Release Date:24/09/1992
Raising Cain
Character:Sarah
Release Date:07/08/1992
Grass Roots
Character:Kate Rule
Release Date:24/02/1992
My Brother's Wife
Character:Eleanor Goldberg-Rusher
Release Date:17/12/1989
K-9
Character:Tracy
Release Date:28/04/1989
Cameron's Closet
Character:Dr. Nora Haley
Release Date:02/12/1988
Harry's Hong Kong
Character:Fay Salerno
Release Date:08/05/1987
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Character:Terry
Release Date:16/01/1987
Television Appearances
Imposters
Character:Margaret Jonson
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Character:Shawna
Cane
Character:Constance Hughes
Saints & Sinners
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Criminal Minds
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Criminal Minds
Character:Congressman Steyer
E-Ring
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Close to Home
Character:Beth Murphy
House
Character:Barbara Bardach
CSI: NY
Character:Julie Rollins
If...
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Cold Case
Character:Grace Anderson
Madigan Men
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Strong Medicine
Character:Biddy Hightower
The West Wing
Character:Ricky Rafferty
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character:Eileen Switzer
Dawson's Creek
Character:Helen Lindley
Stargate SG-1
Character:Oma Desala
Something So Right
Character:Carly Davis
The Outer Limits
Character:Dr. Christina Markham
Touched by an Angel
Character:Kelly Rockhill
The Burden of Proof
Character:Sonia Klonsky
Cross of Fire
Character:Madge Oberholtzer
thirtysomething
Character:Hope Steadman
Heart of the City
Character:Anne
M*A*S*H
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