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Mel Harris

Cast & creator

Mel Harris

1956-07-12 (age 70) Bethlehem, PennsylvaniaIMDb

Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds

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

Movies

39

film credits

Series

29

television credits

Career

66

1972–2024 · acting roles

Credit score

6.5

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Eileen Switzer · 1999

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

Acting · 2005

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

Congressman Steyer · 2005

House

House

Barbara Bardach · 2004

The West Wing

The West Wing

Ricky Rafferty · 1999

Across film & television

Filmography (68)

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Showing 68 of 68 credits

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Eileen Switzer

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

Congressman Steyer

House

House

Barbara Bardach

The West Wing

The West Wing

Ricky Rafferty

Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1

Oma Desala

CSI: NY

CSI: NY

Julie Rollins

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits

Dr. Christina Markham

M*A*S*H

MAS*H

Cold Case

Cold Case

Grace Anderson

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

Kelly Rockhill

Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine

Biddy Hightower

Dawson's Creek

Dawson's Creek

Helen Lindley

Close to Home

Beth Murphy

thirtysomething

thirtysomething

Hope Steadman

thirtysomething

thirtysomething

Director

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Shawna

E-Ring

E-Ring

Imposters

Imposters

Margaret Jonson

Cane

Cane

Constance Hughes

Saints & Sinners

Saints & Sinners

Shut Eye

Shut Eye

Nadine Davies

Heart of the City

Heart of the City

Anne

Madigan Men

Madigan Men

The Pagemaster

The Pagemaster

Claire Tyler

Something So Right

Something So Right

Carly Davis

Imagine That

Imagine That

Maggie Johnson (uncredited)

If...

Raising Cain

Raising Cain

Sarah

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Terry

The Burden of Proof

The Burden of Proof

Sonia Klonsky

K-9

K-9

Tracy

The Lodger

The Lodger

Margaret

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

Sarah McLeish

Cross of Fire

Cross of Fire

Madge Oberholtzer

The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie

The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie

Mel Harris

Arthur's Whisky

Arthur's Whisky

Dr. Deborah Wingard

Cameron's Closet

Cameron's Closet

Dr. Nora Haley

Dynamite

Dynamite

Faye Baxter

A Case for Life

LIz Hemmitt

My Brother's Wife

My Brother's Wife

Eleanor Goldberg-Rusher

Harry's Hong Kong

Harry's Hong Kong

Fay Salerno

Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story

Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story

Allison Wilcox

Out of the Woods

Out of the Woods

Beth Fleming

Firetrap

Firetrap

Cordella Calloway

Hangman's Curse

Hangman's Curse

Sarah Springfield

Grass Roots

Grass Roots

Kate Rule

Child of Rage

Child of Rage

Jill Tyler

The Secretary

The Secretary

Ellen Bradford

Suture

Suture

Dr. Renee Descartes

What Kind of Mother Are You?

What Kind of Mother Are You?

Laura Hyler

The Spider and the Fly

Dianna Taylor

The Retrievers

The Retrievers

Karen Lowry

Sonic Impact

Sonic Impact

Co-Pilot Jennifer Blake

Out of Time

Out of Time

Annie Epson

Wind Dancer

Wind Dancer

Susan Allen

Ultimate Betrayal

Ultimate Betrayal

Susan Rodgers

The Mumbo Jumbo

The Mumbo Jumbo

Dolly Bird

King of Knives

King of Knives

Kathy

Sharon's Secret

Sharon's Secret

Laurel O'Connor

Welcome to Paradise

Welcome to Paradise

Claire

Distant Cousins

Distant Cousins

Katherine June Sullivan

Another pretty face

Another pretty face

Queen of Knives

Queen of Knives

Kathy

Purple Heart

Purple Heart

Dr. Harrison

Broken Lullaby

Broken Lullaby

Jordan Kirkland

With Hostile Intent

Kathy Arnold

Bitches in Britches

Creator