Mel Harris
Known for Acting · 65 credits
- Born
- 1956-07-12 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (26)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Eileen Switzer
Criminal Minds
2005
as Congressman Steyer
House
2004
as Barbara Bardach
Stargate SG-1
1997
as Oma Desala
The West Wing
1999
as Ricky Rafferty
CSI: NY
2004
as Julie Rollins
Cold Case
2003
as Grace Anderson
Dawson's Creek
1998
as Helen Lindley
M*A*S*H
1972
Strong Medicine
2000
as Biddy Hightower
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Kelly Rockhill
The Outer Limits
1995
as Dr. Christina Markham
thirtysomething
1987
as Hope Steadman
Close to Home
2005
as Beth Murphy
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2015
as Shawna
E-Ring
2005
Imposters
2017
as Margaret Jonson
Cane
2007
as Constance Hughes
Shut Eye
2016
as Nadine Davies
Heart of the City
1986
as Anne
Madigan Men
2000
Something So Right
1996
as Carly Davis
Saints & Sinners
2007
If...
2004
Cross of Fire
1989
as Madge Oberholtzer
The Burden of Proof
1992
as Sonia Klonsky
Movies (39)
The Pagemaster
1994
as Claire Tyler
Imagine That
2009
as Maggie Johnson (uncredited)
K-9
1989
as Tracy
Raising Cain
1992
as Sarah
The Lodger
2009
as Margaret
Sonic Impact
2000
as Co-Pilot Jennifer Blake
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
2005
as Mel Harris
The Retrievers
2001
as Karen Lowry
Suture
1993
as Dr. Renee Descartes
Firetrap
2001
as Cordella Calloway
Harry's Hong Kong
1987
as Fay Salerno
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1987
as Terry
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
as Sarah McLeish
Out of Time
2000
as Annie Epson
Arthur's Whisky
2024
as Dr. Deborah Wingard
The Secretary
1995
as Ellen Bradford
Cameron's Closet
1988
as Dr. Nora Haley
Grass Roots
1992
as Kate Rule
The Spider and the Fly
1994
as Dianna Taylor
Purple Heart
2005
as Dr. Harrison
Child of Rage
1992
as Jill Tyler
Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story
1993
as Allison Wilcox
Ultimate Betrayal
1994
as Susan Rodgers
Dynamite
2004
as Faye Baxter
Distant Cousins
1993
as Katherine June Sullivan
With Hostile Intent
1993
as Kathy Arnold
Out of the Woods
2005
as Beth Fleming
Hangman's Curse
2003
as Sarah Springfield
A Case for Life
1996
as LIz Hemmitt
King of Knives
2020
as Kathy
What Kind of Mother Are You?
1996
as Laura Hyler
My Brother's Wife
1989
as Eleanor Goldberg-Rusher
Welcome to Paradise
1995
as Claire
Sharon's Secret
1995
as Laurel O'Connor
Another pretty face
2002
The Mumbo Jumbo
2000
as Dolly Bird
Broken Lullaby
1994
as Jordan Kirkland
Queen of Knives
2023
as Kathy
Wind Dancer
1993
as Susan Allen
About Mel Harris
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… With 65 credits spanning from 1972 to 2024, Mel Harris has appeared in 39 films and 26 TV shows.
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Most Popular Mel Harris Movies
- The Pagemaster (1994) — as Claire Tyler
- Imagine That (2009) — as Maggie Johnson (uncredited)
- K-9 (1989) — as Tracy
- Raising Cain (1992) — as Sarah
- The Lodger (2009) — as Margaret
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