Melinda Clarke (born April 24, 1969 height 5' 7" (1,70 m)) is an American actress who has primarily worked in television. Clarke is best known for playing Faith Taylor on the daytime drama Days of our Lives, the manipulative and cunning Julie Cooper-Nichol on The O.C., as well as the professional do ... minatrix Lady Heather on CSI. From 2010 to 2013, she portrayed Amanda on the action-thriller television series Nikita. She was added as a recurring character on Vegas in 2013. Clarke was born in Dana Point, California, the daughter of Patricia Lewis, a ballet dancer, and John Clarke, an actor who was an original cast member of the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives. One of three siblings, Clarke's sister, Heidi, died in 1994 of a malignant heart tumor. She has a brother, Joshua. Clarke appeared on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives as Faith Taylor (where her father was a senior cast member), and starred on Soldier of Fortune, Inc. for both of its seasons. She also guest starred on Xena: Warrior Princess as the Amazon chieftain Velasca, Firefly as the brothel madam Nandi, Charmed as the Siren, and has had six appearances on CSI where she played the dominatrix, Lady Heather. She also appeared in the Seinfeld episode "The Muffin Tops", playing Jerry's girlfriend who likes anything hairless. She also appeared in the 1993 horror film Return of the Living Dead 3. She appeared on the Fox drama The O.C. as Julie Cooper, a cunning socialite who marries for money. Her character in the show is mainly portrayed as a manipulative, morally wrong woman, but as the show progresses the reasons behind her choices are explained. She was originally billed as a guest star in the first few episodes, and due to fan response was offered a series regular contract; Clarke accepted the role and her character became an integral part of the show's storylines. As well as starring on The O.C., she has appeared on HBO's hit series Entourage as a fictionalized version of herself, married to Malcolm McDowell's Terrance McQuewick. Clarke also appeared as the Devil's girlfriend in The CW's 2007 series Reaper. She also auditioned for the role of "Number Six" on SCI-FI's smash hit Battlestar Galactica but the role ultimately went to Tricia Helfer. In 2010, she appeared on The CW show The Vampire Diaries as Kelly Donovan. Other projects included the television film She Drives Me Crazy, which was produced by her former The O.C. co-star Kelly Rowan. She appeared as a guest star on Chuck, another series from The O.C. creator Josh Schwartz. She starred on The CW drama Nikita, where she played Amanda from 2010 to 2013. She lent her voice to several voice acting projects, voicing Alexa in The Animatrix: Matriculated, Sofia Ivanescu in the video game Mission Impossible: Operation Surma, Madame Macmu-Ling in Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Charlene in King of the Hill. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melinda Clarke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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The O.C.
as Julie Cooper
Episodes: 92
First Aired: Aug 05, 2003
Nikita
as Helen "Amanda" Collins
Episodes: 73
First Aired: Sep 09, 2010
Soldier of Fortune, Inc.
as Margo Vincent
Episodes: 37
First Aired: Sep 27, 1997
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Lady Heather
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Oct 06, 2000
The District
as Detective Olivia Cahill
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Oct 07, 2000
Gotham
as Grace Van Dahl
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 22, 2014
Chuck
as Sasha Banacheck
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 24, 2007
Xena: Warrior Princess
as Velasca
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 04, 1995
Seinfeld
as Alex
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 05, 1989
Star Trek: Enterprise
as Suliban Sarin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 2001
The Pretender
as Miss Eve
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1996
Everwood
as Sally Keyes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 2002
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Lady Heather / Dr. Kessler
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 06, 2000
Tremors
as Dr. Megan Flint
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 28, 2003
Reaper
as Mimi
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 2007
Ghost Whisperer
as Donna Peyton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 2005
Firefly
as Nandi
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 2002
Avatar: The Last Airbender
as Madame Macmu-Ling (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 21, 2005
The Animatrix
as Alexa (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 03, 2003
King of the Hill
as Charlene (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 12, 1997
Charmed
as The Siren
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1998
Heaven Help Us
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Aug 25, 1994
Eli Stone
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jan 31, 2008
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 2006
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2003
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 2004
Ghost Whisperer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 2005
The View
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
Sliders
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 22, 1995
Entourage
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 18, 2004
Jake and the Fatman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1987
First Monday
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 15, 2002
The Man
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Unknown
Hell's Kitchen
as Self - Restaurant Patron
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 30, 2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1993
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
as Self - The O.C.
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 2004
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