
Melinda Clarke
Acting • Born 1969-04-24
Biography
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 dominatrix 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
Filmography
53 credits
Spawn
Movie • 1997
Jessica Priest

Mulholland Falls
Movie • 1996
Cigarette Girl

Matriculated
Movie • 2003
Alexa (voice)

Return of the Living Dead III
Movie • 1993
Julie Walker (as Mindy Clarke)

.com for Murder
Movie • 2001
Agent Williams

Killer Tongue
Movie • 1996
Candy

Soldier of Fortune, Inc
Movie • 1999
Margo Vincent

The Animatrix
Movie • 2003
Alexa ("Matriculated") (voice)

Return to Two Moon Junction
Movie • 1994
Savannah Delongpre

Out for Blood
Movie • 1992
Laura

Hot Under the Collar
Movie • 1992
Monica

She Drives Me Crazy
Movie • 2007
Blithe Meacham

Dynamite
Movie • 2004
Beta

CSI: Immortality
Movie • 2015
Lady Heather

Young Goodman Brown
Movie • 1993
Faith Brown

The Man
Movie • 2007
Brooke McCluskey

Talkshow with Spike Feresten
TV • 2006

Eli Stone
TV • 2008
Dr. Lee

Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Alex

Chuck
TV • 2007
Sasha Banacheck

Star Trek: Enterprise
TV • 2001
Suliban Sarin

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self

The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Lady Heather

The District
TV • 2000
Detective Olivia Cahill

Ghost Whisperer
TV • 2005

The View
TV • 1997
Self

Sliders
TV • 1995

The Pretender
TV • 1996
Miss Eve

Entourage
TV • 2004
Melinda Clarke

Everwood
TV • 2002
Sally Keyes

The O.C.
TV • 2003
Julie Cooper

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Lady Heather / Dr. Kessler

Jake and the Fatman
TV • 1987

Xena: Warrior Princess
TV • 1995
Velasca

Tremors
TV • 2003
Dr. Megan Flint

First Monday
TV • 2002

Reaper
TV • 2007
Mimi

Soldier of Fortune, Inc.
TV • 1997
Margo Vincent

Ghost Whisperer
TV • 2005
Donna Peyton

Heaven Help Us
TV • 1994

Nikita
TV • 2010
Helen "Amanda" Collins

Hell's Kitchen
TV • 2005
Self - Restaurant Patron

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest

Avatar: The Last Airbender
TV • 2005
Madame Macmu-Ling (voice)

On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV • 2004
Self - The O.C.

King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Charlene (voice)

Charmed
TV • 1998
The Siren

Gotham
TV • 2014
Grace Van Dahl

S.W.A.T.
TV • 2017
Marie Alfaro

Celebrity Weakest Link
TV • 2025
Self - Contestant

Nash Bridges
TV • 1996
Insp. Abby Gordon

The Vampire Diaries
TV • 2009
Kelly Donovan