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