ACTRESS Born in California, USA in 1969

A regular on both film and TV, she is probably best known for her role as Julie Cooper on The OC (where she was originally slated to appear in just one episode) and for her time on daytime soap Days of Our Lives.  

A professionally trained Coloratura Soprano, Melinda also enjoys performing in musicals. She has starred on stage in such musicals as “The Music Man,” “Oklahoma,” “West Side Story,” “Sound of Music,” “Hello Dolly” and “The Fantastics.” 

KEY ROLES

88 Minutes (2006) 
Entourage: Strange Days (2006) 
The Tony Danza Show (2006) 
The OC (2004-2006) 
The View (2006) 
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation:Pirates of the Third Reich (2006) 
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) 
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2005) 
Entourage: The Bat Mitzvah (2005) 
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2005) 
50 Most Wicked Women of Primetime (2004) 
The Teen Choice Awards 2004 (2004) 
On-Air with Ryan Seacrest (2004) 
Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters (2004) 
Mission: Impossible - Operation Surma (voice) (2003)
Firefly: Heart of Gold (2003) 
Matriculated (voice) (2003) 
The Animatrix (voice) (2003) 
The District (5 episodes) (2002-2003)
Tremors: Night of the Shriekers (2003) 
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation:Lady Heather's Box (2003) 
Everwood: Till Death Do Us Part (2002) 
Charmed: Siren Song (2002) 
First Monday: Pilot (2002) 
Cold Sweat (2002) 
Dynamite (2002) 
.com for Murder (2002) 
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Slaves of Las Vegas (2001)
Enterprise: Broken Bow (2 part story) (2001) 
Nash Bridges: End Game (2000) 
The Pretender: Meltdown (2000) 
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1998)
Nash Bridges: Out of Chicago (1997)
Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1997) 
Spawn (1997) 
Sliders: This Slide of Paradise (1997) 
Seinfeld: The Muffin Tops (1997) 
Xena: Warrior Princess: A Necessary Evil (1997) and The Quest (1997) 
Critics and Other Freaks (1997) 
Soldier of Fortune (1997) 
Lengua asesina, La (1996) 
Mulholland Falls (1996) 
Strange Luck: Lightning Strikes (1996) 
Return to Two Moon Junction (1995) 
Heaven Help Us (1994) 
The George Carlin Show: George Helps Sidney (1994) 
Out for Blood (1993) 
Return of the Living Dead III (1993) 
Young Goodman Brown (1993) 
Jake and the Fatman - Every Time We Say Goodbye (1991) 
Hot Under the Collar (1991) 
Days of Our Lives (1989-1990)