Cast & creator
Melora Walters
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Mentalist, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Melora Walters (born October 21, 1959) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring roles as Wanda Henrickson in the television series Big Love and Kathy Kone in PEN15, and has appeared in several Paul Thomas Anderson films.
Also known as: Melora Walters Scotellaro, Melora Williams
80
film credits
23
television credits
95
1988–2026 · acting roles
5.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (103)
Showing 103 of 103 credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Laurel Linwood
1999
The Mentalist
Amber
2008
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Sage
2000
NCIS
Susan Elizabeth Lowe
2003
Desperate Housewives
Sylvia Greene
2004
FBI
Evelyn Adams
2018
Seinfeld
Jane
1989
Californication
Lisa
2007
The Wonder Years
Waitress
1988
Nash Bridges
Flo
1996
Big Love
Wanda Henrickson
2006
Walker, Texas Ranger
Star
1993
Franklin & Bash
Joan Ackermann
2011
Dear John
Maria
1988
Dead Poets Society
Gloria
1989
Dream On
Dina
1990
The OA
Melody
2016
Venom
Homeless Woman Maria
2018
Brooklyn South
Carly
1997
PEN15
Kathy Kone
2019
L.A. Doctors
Felicity
1998
The Butterfly Effect
Andrea Treborn
2004
Threat Matrix
Lia 'Lark' Larkin
2003
Boogie Nights
Jessie St. Vincent
1997
Magnolia
Claudia Wilson Gator
1999
American Gigolo
Maryanne Henderson
2022
Cold Mountain
Lila
2003
Roseanne
1988
The Master
Band (Voice)
2012
Bakersfield P.D.
Marnie Archer
1993
Eraser
Darleen
1996
Matchstick Men
Heather (uncredited)
2003
Ed Wood
Secretary #2
1994
Beethoven
Pet Shop Owner
1992
Short Term 12
Dr. Hendler
2013
The Big Empty
Candy
2003
Hard Eight
Jimmy's Girl
1997
Robert the Bruce
Ylfa
2019
Speaking of Sex
Melinda
2001
The Lover in the Attic: A True Story
Director
2018
Cam
Lynne
2018
Twenty Bucks
Stripper / Funeral Director
1993
Indiscretion
Harper
2016
The Accursed
Naida
2021
In a Relationship
Mia Ziniti
2018
Hard Luck Love Song
Gypsy Sally
2021
Sugar Mountain
Tracey Huxley
2016
The Lovers
Lucy
2017
The River Murders
Agent Glover
2011
Harrison Montgomery
Margo Fleming
2008
Sex, Death and Bowling
Evie Flores
2015
Desert Saints
Bennie Harper
2002
Love Ranch
Janelle
2010
Offseason
Ava Aldrich
2022
Melvin Goes to Dinner
Trenice (uncredited)
2003
Shit Year
Shelly
2010
Pink Skies Ahead
Hayley
2020
How to Murder a Millionaire
Ginger
1990
American Strays
Cindy
1996
Drowning
Rose
2019Drowning
Director
2019Drowning
Writer
2019
Twice Upon a Time
Alannah Merribone
1998
Dead Man's Revenge
Bunny
1994
Situations
Brianne
2026
The Amaranth
Lily Kendrick
2018
They Follow
Cabin Boy
Trina
1994
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
Self
2000
Midnight Run for Your Life
Lorna Bellstratton
1994
Waterlily Jaguar
Director
2018Waterlily Jaguar
Writer
2018Waterlily Jaguar
Producer
2018
Far More
Evie Flores
2021
The Idea
2025
The Pale Door
Maria
2020
Brothers Three: An American Gothic
Loren
2007
Mary
Mary
2012
Doubting Thomas
Kate
2018
Case 219
Victoria Lash
2010Odious
Beatrice
2017
Good After Bad
Victoria Ackerman
2017
Where Are You
Edith
2022
WiseGirls
Kate
2002
Beneath the Leaves
Rose
2019
Underdogs
Nancy Smith-Burkett
2013
Hurt
Helen Coltrane
2009
Los Locos
Allison
1997
All Tied Up
Bliss
1994
Staring at the Dark
1988
Rude Awakening
Punky (uncredited)
1989
The Young Kieslowski
Barbara Kieslowski
2014
Rain
Ellen
2001
Telling Secrets
Karen Blake
1993
Black Crescent Moon
Katelan Beacon
2008
Adeline, the Great
2019
Sacrifice
Enid
2015
America's Deadliest Home Video
Gloria
1993America's Deadliest Home Video
Camera Operator
1993
Crooks
Blanche
2026
Lonely Boy
Betsy
2013
Missing Pieces
Delia Greenly
2012Missing Pieces
Associate Producer
2012