Melora Walters

American actress

Melora Walters

Born|  (1959-10-21) October 21, 1959 (age 63)[1]

Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Occupation| Actress
Years active| 1988–present
Spouses|

* Dylan Walsh

(m. 1996; div. 2003)​

* Alex Vendler

(m. 2008; div. 2010)​

Children| 2

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.[2]

## Personal life[edit]

She married cinematographer Alex Vendler on June 21, 2008. She filed for divorce in 2010. She has two children from her previous marriage with Dylan Walsh.[3] Some of her filmmaking influences are Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, François Truffaut, John Cassavetes and Jean-Luc Godard.[4]

## Career[edit]

Walters directed and wrote the script for the film Waterlily Jaguar.[5] She starred in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.[6][7]

## Filmography[edit]

### Film[edit]

Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

|
|
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1988  | Underground | Prostitute  |
1989  | Dead Poets Society | Gloria  |
1989  | Rude Awakening | Punky  |
1992  | Beethoven | Pet Shop Owner  |
1993  | America's Deadliest Home Video | Gloria  |
1993  | Twenty Bucks | The Stripper/Funeral Director  |
1994  | Cabin Boy | Trina  |
1994  | All Tied Up | Bliss  |
1994  | Ed Wood | Secretary #2  |
1996  | Hard Eight | Jimmy's Girl  |
1996  | Eraser | Darleen  |
1996  | American Strays | Cindy  |
1997  | Los Locos | Allison  |
1997  | Boogie Nights | Jessie St. Vincent  |
1999  | Magnolia | Claudia Wilson Gator  |
2001  | Speaking of Sex | Melinda  |
2001  | Rain | Ellen  |
2002  | WiseGirls | Kate  |
2002  | Desert Saints | Bennie Harper  |
2003  | Melvin Goes to Dinner | Trenice, Melvin's Girlfriend  | Phoenix Film Festival Award for Best Ensemble Acting
2003  | The Big Empty | Candy  |
2003  | Matchstick Men | Heather, Roy's Ex-Wife  |
2003  | Cold Mountain | Lila  |
2004  | The Butterfly Effect | Andrea Treborn  |
2007  | Brothers Three: An American Gothic | Loren  |
2008  | Harrison Montgomery | Margo Fleming  |
2008  | bgFATLdy | Katelan Beacon  |
2008  | Dark Yellow | Woman  |
2009  | Hurt | Helen Coltrane  |
2010  | Case 219 | Victoria Lash  |
2010  | Shit Year | Shelly  |
2010  | Love Ranch | Janelle  |
2011  | The River Murders | Agent Glover  |
2011  | Missing Pieces | Delia Greenly  |
2012  | The Master | Band (voice)  |
2013  | Short Term 12 | Dr. Hendler  |
2013  | Underdogs | Nancy Smith-Burkett  |
2013  | Lonely Boy | Betsy  |
2014  | The Young Kieslowski | Barbara Kieslowski  |
2015  | Sugar Mountain | Tracy Huxley  |
2015  | Sex, Death and Bowling | Evie  |
2016  | Not a Stranger | Jill Madden  |
2016  | Indiscretion | Harper  |
2017  | The Lovers | Lucy  |
2018  | In a Relationship | Mia Ziniti  |
2018  | Cam | Lynne Ackerman  |
2018  | Venom | Maria  |
2019  | Robert the Bruce | Ylfa  |
2020  | The Pale Door | Maria  | [8]
2020  | Pink Skies Ahead | Hayley  |
2022  | Offseason | Ava Aldrich  |
2022  | The Hater | Sally Jensen  |

### Television[edit]

Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

|
|
|

1989–1990  | Roseanne | Debbie  | 5 episodes
1990  | How to Murder a Millionaire |  | Television film
1991  | The Wonder Years | Waitress  | Episode: "Road Trip"
1991  | ABC Afterschool Specials |  | Episode: "It's Only Rock & Roll"
1992  | Murphy Brown | Lisa  | Episode: "He-Ho, He-Ho, It's Off to Lamaze We Go"
1992  | Dear John | Maria  | Episode: "Adult Education"
1993  | Telling Secrets | Karen Blake  | Television film
1993  | Walker, Texas Ranger | Star Buckley  | Episode: "Bounty"
1993  | Bakersfield P.D. | Marnie Archer  | Episode: "Lucky 13"
1994  | Dead Man's Revenge | Bunny  | Television film
1994  | Seinfeld | Jane  | Episode: "The Hamptons"
1994  | Midnight Run for Your Life | Lorna Bellstratten  | Television film
1995  | The Marshal | Sheryl  | Episode: "The Ballad of Lucas Burke"
1995  | Picket Fences | Sherri Watkins  | Episode: "Reap the Whirlwind"
1995  | Dream On | Dina  | Episode: "Little Orphan Eddie"
1995  | NYPD Blue | Holly Snyder  | Episodes: "The Bank Dick" and "Dirty Laundry"
1996  | Simon | Emily  | Episode: "Simon Night Fever"
1996  | Nash Bridges | Flo  | Episode: "Skirt Chasers"
1997  | High Incident |  | Episode: "Camino High"
1997  | Brooklyn South | Carly  | Episode: "A Reverend Runs Through It"
1998–1999  | L.A. Doctors | Felicity  | 20 episodes
1998  | Twice Upon a Time | Alannah Merribone  | Television film
2002  | Push, Nevada | Grace  | 7 episodes
2003–2004  | Threat Matrix | Lia "Lark" Larkin  | 13 episodes
2005  | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Sage  | Episode: "Gum Drops"
2006–2010  | Big Love | Wanda Henrickson  | 35 episodes
2007  | Desperate Housewives | Sylvia Greene  | Episodes: "Distant Past", "Something's Coming"
2012  | Californication | Lisa  | Episode: "Raw"
2012  | Franklin & Bash | Joan Ackermann  | Episode: "Strange Brew"
2014  | Rake | Jan Falcon  | Episode: "Man's Best Friend"
2015  | The Mentalist | Amber  | Episode: "Byzantium"
2015  | Criminal Minds | Paige  | Episodes: "Protection" and "The Hunt"
2016  | NCIS | Susan Elizabeth Lowe  | Episode: "Reasonable Doubts"
2017  | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Laurel  | Episode: "Something Happened"
2018  | Corporate | Nadine  | Episode: "Corporate Retreat"
2019  | The OA | Melody  | Episode: "Angel of Death"
2019–2021  | PEN15 | Kathy Kone  | Main cast

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Who is Melora Walters? Pictures with Facts You Might Not Know". 24 June 2019.
2. ^ Staff, Hollywood.com (3 February 2015). "Melora Walters – Biography and Filmography – 1960". Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
3. ^ "Big Love' Actress Melora Walters Files For Divorce". RadarOnline.com. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
4. ^ "Melora Walters". Retrieved 25 February 2017.
5. ^ McNary, Dave (25 January 2017). "James Le Gros to Star in Melora Walters Drama 'Waterlily Jaguar'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
6. ^ Stanhope, Kate (30 October 2017). "'Law & Order: SVU' Taps 'Big Love' and 'Kingdom' Alums for Special Episode (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
7. ^ Bentley, Jean (29 November 2017). "Mariska Hargitay Reflects on Hollywood's Harassment Culture, Emotional 'Law & Order: SVU' Episode". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
8. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (May 29, 2019). "'13 Reasons Why' Star Devin Druid Leads Cast In Horror-Western 'The Pale Door', Shoot Under Way In Oklahoma". Deadline. Retrieved June 27, 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Melora Walters at IMDb

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*[m.]: married
*[div.]: divorced