Mel Harris

Mel Harris

Birthday: 1956-07-12

Place of birth: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0004995

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

Played in movies:

Wind Dancer

Score: 7.0

Ultimate Betrayal

Score: 7.0

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

Score: 7.0

Suture

Score: 6.4

The Pagemaster

Score: 6.4

K-9

Score: 6.2

Raising Cain

Score: 6.1

With Hostile Intent

Score: 6.0

Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story

Score: 6.0

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Score: 5.9

Arthur's Whisky

Score: 5.8

The Lodger

Score: 5.7

Child of Rage

Score: 5.7

Distant Cousins

Score: 5.5

Sonic Impact

Score: 5.4

Out of the Woods

Score: 5.2

Hangman's Curse

Score: 5.1

Sharon's Secret

Score: 5.0

The Retrievers

Score: 5.0

Firetrap

Score: 5.0

The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie

Score: 4.9

Out of Time

Score: 4.9

The Secretary

Score: 4.7

Cameron's Closet

Score: 4.7

Purple Heart

Score: 4.6

Welcome to Paradise

Score: 4.5

King of Knives

Score: 4.3

A Case for Life

Score: 4.3

The Spider and the Fly

Score: 4.2

Broken Lullaby

Score: 4.2

What Kind of Mother Are You?

Score: 3.7

Another pretty face

Score: 3.5

Dynamite

Score: 2.9

My Brother's Wife

Score: 0.0

Queen of Knives

Score: 0.0

Grass Roots

Score: 0.0

Harry's Hong Kong

Score: 0.0

The Mumbo Jumbo

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

House

Score: 8.6

Criminal Minds

Score: 8.3

Criminal Minds

Score: 8.3

Stargate SG-1

Score: 8.3

The West Wing

Score: 8.3

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Score: 7.9

M*A*S*H

Score: 7.9

E-Ring

Score: 7.9

Cold Case

Score: 7.8

The Outer Limits

Score: 7.7

Dawson's Creek

Score: 7.4

CSI: NY

Score: 7.3

Imposters

Score: 7.2

Touched by an Angel

Score: 7.2

Strong Medicine

Score: 7.1

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Score: 6.8

Cross of Fire

Score: 6.5

thirtysomething

Score: 6.3

Close to Home

Score: 5.9

Heart of the City

Score: 5.0

Something So Right

Score: 4.5

Saints & Sinners

Score: 4.0

The Burden of Proof

Score: 3.8

If...

Score: 0.0

Madigan Men

Score: 0.0