Melinda Clarke has been working steadily since the age of eighteen when she landed
her first acting job three days after moving to Los Angeles, a series regular
on the soap opera Days Of Our Lives. Her feature film credits include "Spawn,"
"Young Goodman Brown," “Mulholland Falls,” “Cold Sweat,”
“Murder.com,” “Critic’s Choice,” “Return Of The
Living Dead,” “Return To Two Moon Junction,” “Hot Under The
Collar” and “The Killer Tongue,” for which she won the Best Actress
Award at the 1996 Stiges Film Festival in Spain.
In addition to her feature film roles, Clarke has also starred in the television
series Jerry Bruckheimer’s “Special Ops Force” and Aaron Spelling’s
“Heaven Help Us.” Her guest-star credits include “Seinfeld,”
“Nash Bridges,” “First Monday,” “Xena,” “Sliders,”
“Likely Suspects,” “The George Carlin Show,” “Strangeluck,”
and more. Clarke recently completed a recurring role on “CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation” as the provocative Lady Heather.
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.” Clarke has also performed
in dramatic theater in such critically acclaimed productions as “Vicious,”
“The Elephant Man,” “Lie of the Mind” and “Dark of
the Moon.”
Melinda is married and is the mother of a beautiful daughter.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN: Dana Point, California, USA
BIRTHDATE: April 24, 1969
PARENTS: Patricia (ballet dancer) and John (actor)
SIBLINGS: Joshua and Heidi (died in 1994)
SPOUSE: Ernie Mirich (since June 28, 1997)
CHILDREN: 1 daughter named Kathryn Grace
TRIVIA
- Turned down the role of Tatum in Scream (1996) because she had no desire to
be in horror films after Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993).
- Is a trained Soprano
- Auditioned for a small Bond girl role in Die Another Day (2002).
- Was offered the role of Maggie in _The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (2003)_
, but decided against taking the part.
- Appeared with "The O.C." (2003) co-star Kelly Rowan in a "CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) Season 2 episode: "Slaves of Las
Vegas".
- Has had two mass-marketed toy action figures made of her. The first was for
her role as Jessica Priest in Spawn (1997), and her second was for her role
as the Amazon Velasca from the television series "Xena: Warrior Princess"
(1995).
