Melinda Clarke

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 ...

Mulholland Falls (1996)

In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Tamahori
CAST:  Nick Nolte  •  Melanie Griffith  •  Chazz Palminteri  •  Michael Madsen

In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Tamahori
CAST:  Nick Nolte  •  Melanie Griffith  •  Chazz Palminteri  •  Michael Madsen

Return of the Living Dead III (1993)

Having recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught teenager performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's killed in a motorcycle accident.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Yuzna
CAST:  Melinda Clarke  •  J. Trevor Edmond  •  Kent McCord  •  Sarah Douglas

Having recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught teenager performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's killed in a motorcycle accident.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Yuzna
CAST:  Melinda Clarke  •  J. Trevor Edmond  •  Kent McCord  •  Sarah Douglas

Spawn (1997)

After being murdered by corrupt colleagues in a covert government agency, Al Simmons makes a pact with the devil to be resurrected to see his beloved wife Wanda. In exchange for his return to Earth, Simmons agrees to lead Hell's Army in the destruction of mankind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark A.Z. Dippé
CAST:  Michael Jai White  •  Martin Sheen  •  John Leguizamo  •  Theresa Randle

After being murdered by corrupt colleagues in a covert government agency, Al Simmons makes a pact with the devil to be resurrected to see his beloved wife Wanda. In exchange for his return to Earth, Simmons agrees to lead Hell's Army in the destruction of mankind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark A.Z. Dippé
CAST:  Michael Jai White  •  Martin Sheen  •  John Leguizamo  •  Theresa Randle

The Animatrix (2003)

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Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and the conflict between ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Chung  •  Andrew R. Jones  •  Shinichiro Watanabe  •  Yoshiaki Kawajiri  •  Takeshi Koike  •  Mahiro Maeda  •  Koji Morimoto
CAST:  Keanu Reeves  •  Carrie-Anne Moss  •  Clayton Watson  •  Pamela Adlon

Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and the conflict between ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Chung  •  Andrew R. Jones  •  Shinichiro Watanabe  •  Yoshiaki Kawajiri  •  Takeshi Koike  •  Mahiro Maeda  •  Koji Morimoto
CAST:  Keanu Reeves  •  Carrie-Anne Moss  •  Clayton Watson  •  Pamela Adlon

Hot Under The Collar (1992)

Jerry tries to seduce his girlfriend Monica via hypnosis, but it accidentally makes her want to enter a convent and take a vow of chastity instead. Jerry tries to get her out by disguising himself as a priest and, later, a nun. Alas, his rescue attempt crosses ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Gabai
CAST:  Melinda Clarke  •  Richard Gabai  •  Burt Ward  •  Rajnish Babakan

Jerry tries to seduce his girlfriend Monica via hypnosis, but it accidentally makes her want to enter a convent and take a vow of chastity instead. Jerry tries to get her out by disguising himself as a priest and, later, a nun. Alas, his rescue attempt crosses ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Gabai
CAST:  Melinda Clarke  •  Richard Gabai  •  Burt Ward  •  Rajnish Babakan

She Drives Me Crazy (2007)

Two estranged sisters go on a road trip that leads them to a place they never believed possible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eleanore Lindo
CAST:  Melinda Clarke  •  Krista Bridges  •  Michael Seater  •  Chris Potter

Two estranged sisters go on a road trip that leads them to a place they never believed possible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eleanore Lindo
CAST:  Melinda Clarke  •  Krista Bridges  •  Michael Seater  •  Chris Potter

Out for Blood (1992)

A lawyer's family is murdered by drug smugglers, and he is beaten and left for dead, but survives although in a coma. When he awakes he only has a partial memory of what happened. In order to find out the real story, he trains with a karate master and becomes a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard W. Munchkin
CAST:  Melinda Clarke  •  Don Wilson  •  Shari Shattuck  •  Michael Delano

A lawyer's family is murdered by drug smugglers, and he is beaten and left for dead, but survives although in a coma. When he awakes he only has a partial memory of what happened. In order to find out the real story, he trains with a karate master and becomes a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard W. Munchkin
CAST:  Melinda Clarke  •  Don Wilson  •  Shari Shattuck  •  Michael Delano

Killer Tongue (1996)

Melinda Clarke stars as the latex-clad Candy, a beautiful bank robber hiding out at a desert gas station run by nuns while awaiting her boyfriend's release from prison. After being exposed to a falling piece of alien meteorite, Candy grows an extremely long ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Sciamma
CAST:  Melinda Clarke  •  Robert Englund  •  Jason Durr  •  Mabel Karr

Melinda Clarke stars as the latex-clad Candy, a beautiful bank robber hiding out at a desert gas station run by nuns while awaiting her boyfriend's release from prison. After being exposed to a falling piece of alien meteorite, Candy grows an extremely long ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Sciamma
CAST:  Melinda Clarke  •  Robert Englund  •  Jason Durr  •  Mabel Karr

Dynamite (2004)

A woman's life is turned upside down when three armed robbers invade her home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Baltzer
CAST:  Mel Harris  •  Daniel Baldwin  •  Cameron Bowen  •  Derek Hamilton

A woman's life is turned upside down when three armed robbers invade her home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Baltzer
CAST:  Mel Harris  •  Daniel Baldwin  •  Cameron Bowen  •  Derek Hamilton

Return to Two Moon Junction (1995)

Savannah Delongpre is a wealthy fashion model living in New York City who returns to her small town in Georgia to visit her wealthy grandmother Belle as well as walk down memory lane to remember her childhood with some of her friends still living there. During that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Farhad Mann
CAST:  Melinda Clarke  •  John Clayton  •  Louise Fletcher  •  Wendy Davis

Savannah Delongpre is a wealthy fashion model living in New York City who returns to her small town in Georgia to visit her wealthy grandmother Belle as well as walk down memory lane to remember her childhood with some of her friends still living there. During that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Farhad Mann
CAST:  Melinda Clarke  •  John Clayton  •  Louise Fletcher  •  Wendy Davis

.com for Murder (2002)

This high-tech, psychological thriller is set in the shadowy world of the Internet. Sondra Brummel is recovering from a skiing accident in her boyfriend's mansion, and accidently contacts a possible killer in an Internet chatroom. She and her friend Misty enter a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nico Mastorakis
CAST:  Nastassja Kinski  •  Nicollette Sheridan  •  Roger Daltrey  •  Huey Lewis

This high-tech, psychological thriller is set in the shadowy world of the Internet. Sondra Brummel is recovering from a skiing accident in her boyfriend's mansion, and accidently contacts a possible killer in an Internet chatroom. She and her friend Misty enter a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nico Mastorakis
CAST:  Nastassja Kinski  •  Nicollette Sheridan  •  Roger Daltrey  •  Huey Lewis

CSI: Immortality (2015)

An explosion inside a casino brings Catherine Willows back to Las Vegas to investigate. And when the crime is tied to Lady Heather, Gil Grissom is brought back as well to aid the investigation. This is a 2 part TV Special. Series Finale  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Shaw Milito
CAST:  Ted Danson  •  Jorja Fox  •  Eric Szmanda  •  Robert David Hall

An explosion inside a casino brings Catherine Willows back to Las Vegas to investigate. And when the crime is tied to Lady Heather, Gil Grissom is brought back as well to aid the investigation. This is a 2 part TV Special. Series Finale  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Shaw Milito
CAST:  Ted Danson  •  Jorja Fox  •  Eric Szmanda  •  Robert David Hall

Matriculated (2003)

The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Chung
CAST:  Melinda Clarke  •  Dwight Schultz  •  Olivia d'Abo  •  James Arnold Taylor

The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Chung
CAST:  Melinda Clarke  •  Dwight Schultz  •  Olivia d'Abo  •  James Arnold Taylor

Young Goodman Brown (1993)

Based of Nathaniel Hawthorn's short story of the same name. Newly married husband leaves for the night only to discover his wife maybe a witch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter George
CAST:  Tom Shell  •  Melinda Clarke  •  John P. Ryan  •  Judy Geeson

Based of Nathaniel Hawthorn's short story of the same name. Newly married husband leaves for the night only to discover his wife maybe a witch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter George
CAST:  Tom Shell  •  Melinda Clarke  •  John P. Ryan  •  Judy Geeson

Soldier of Fortune, Inc (1999)

An elite team of ex-military operatives perform black ops missions for the US government.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jason Bloom  •  Robert Radler  •  Peter Bloomfield  •  Steve Yaconelli
CAST:  Brad Johnson  •  Tim Abell  •  Réal Andrews  •  Melinda Clarke

An elite team of ex-military operatives perform black ops missions for the US government.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jason Bloom  •  Robert Radler  •  Peter Bloomfield  •  Steve Yaconelli
CAST:  Brad Johnson  •  Tim Abell  •  Réal Andrews  •  Melinda Clarke