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Melinda Clarke Born Melinda Patrice Clarke
April 24, 1969
Dana Point, California, U.S.Other names Mindy Clarke Spouse Ernie Mirich (1997-present) Separated Melinda Patrice Clarke (born April 24, 1969)[1] 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., and the professional dominatrix Lady Heather on CSI. She currently portrays the role of Amanda on the television series Nikita.
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Biography
Personal life
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.[2] She has a brother, Joshua, and a sister, Heidi, who died in 1994 of a malignant heart tumor. [3] She has a daughter named Catherine Grace.
Career
Clarke appeared on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives as Faith Brown (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 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 potrayed as a mulipulative, morally-wrong woman, but as the show progresses you begin to understand why she makes her choices. 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.[4] In 2010, she appeared on the CW show The Vampire Diaries as Kelly Donovan.[5] Other projects included a TV movie, 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 plays Amanda, a series regular role, on The CW's drama Nikita.
She has also lent her voice to several voice acting projects, voicing Alexa in The Animatrix: Matricluated, 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.
Clarke has also volunteered as an actress with the Young Storytellers Foundation.
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes 1989-1990, 2007-2008 Days of our Lives Faith Taylor TV series 1991 Jake and the Fatman Angel Alexander Episode #5.7: "Every Time We Say Goodbye"; Credited as "Mindy Clarke" 1992 Out for Blood Laura 1992 Hot Under the Collar Monica Credited as "Mindy Clarke" 1993 Young Goodman Brown Faith Brown 1993 Return of the Living Dead 3 Julie Walker Credited as "Mindy Clarke" 1994 The George Carlin Show Christy Episode: "George Helps Sydney" 1994 Heaven Help Us Lexy Monroe 10 episodes 1995 Return to Two Moon Junction Savannah Delongpre 1996 Mulholland Falls Cigarette Girl 1996 Strange Luck Lola Vale Episode: "Lightning Strikes" 1996 Killer tongue
La lengua asesinaCandy 1997 Critics and the Other Freaks Mrs. M 1997-1999 Soldier of Fortune Margo Vincent TV series 1997 Xena: Warrior Princess Velasca Episode: "The Quest"
Episode: "A Necessary Evil"1997 Seinfeld Alex Episode: "The Muffin Tops" 1997 Sliders Allasandra Episode: "This Slide of Paradise" 1997 Spawn Jessica Priest 1997 Nash Bridges Karen Decker Episode: "Out of Chicago" 1997-1999 Soldier of Fortune, Inc. Margo Vincent 11 episodes 2000 The Pretender Miss Eve Episode: "Meltdown" 2000 Nash Bridges Inspector Abby Gordon Episode: "End Game" 2001 Star Trek: Enterprise Sarin Episode: "Broken Bow: Part 2" 2001 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Lady Heather Episode: "Slaves of Las Vegas" 2002 .com for Murder Michelle Williams 2002 Cold Sweat Starring 2002 First Monday Episode: "Pilot" 2002 Charmed The Siren Episode: "Siren Song" 2002 Everwood Sally Keyes Episode: "Till Death Do Us Part" 2002-2003 The District Det. Olivia Cahill 5 episodes 2003 Tremors Dr. Megan Flynn Episode: "Night of the Shriekers 2003 The Animatrix Alexa (voice) Segment: "Matriculated" 2003 Firefly Nandi Episode: "Heart of Gold" 2003 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Lady Heather Episode: "Lady Heather's Box" 2003-2007 The O.C. Julie Cooper-Nichol 88 episodesl; Series Regular 2004 Dynamite Beta 2005-2011 Entourage Melinda Clarke 6 Episodes: "The Bat Mitzvah", "Strange Days", "Scared Straight", "Motherf*cker", "The Big Bang", "Second to Last" 2006 Avatar: The Last Airbender Madame Macmu-Ling/Additional Voices Episode: "The Tales of Ba Sing Se" 2006 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Lady Heather Episode: "Pirates of the Third Reich" 2007 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Lady Heather Episode: "The Good, the Bad, and the Dominatrix" 2007 The Man Brooke McCluskey TV movie 2007 She Drives Me Crazy Blithe Meacham TV movie 2007 Reaper Mimi Episode: "Ashes to Ashes" 2008 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Lady Heather Episode: "Leave out All the Rest" 2008 King of the Hill Charlene (voice) Episode: "Three Men and a Bastard" 2008 Chuck Sasha Banacheck Episode: "Chuck Versus the Seduction" 2008 Eli Stone Dr. Lee Episode: "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
Episode: "Two Ministers"2009 Eli Stone Dr. Lee Episode: "Sonoma" 2010 Ghost Whisperer Donna Episode: "Old Sins Cast Long Shadows" 2010 The Vampire Diaries Kelly Donovan 4 episodes 2010-present Nikita Amanda Series Regular 2011 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Lady Heather / Dr. Kessler Episode: "Unleashed" References
- ^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com
- ^ Mindy Clarke Biography ((?)-)
- ^ Melinda Clarke Biography - Yahoo! Movies
- ^ Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (January 8, 2010). "'Vampire Diaries' exclusive: Melinda Clarke is the mom from hell!". Entertainment Weekly. http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/01/08/vampire-diaries-melinda-clarke-matt-mom. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
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Categories:- 1969 births
- Actors from California
- American film actors
- American soap opera actors
- American television actors
- American people of English descent
- American voice actors
- Living people
- People from Orange County, California
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