Melora Hardin
Biography
Melora Hardin is an American actress born on June 29, 1967, in Houston, Texas. She has a known credit total of 102 in the television and film industry. Hardin is recognized for several prominent television roles. She portrayed Jan Levinson on the NBC series The Office and Trudy Monk on the USA Network series Monk. Additionally, she played Tammy Cashman on the Amazon Prime Video series Transparent, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She also starred as magazine editor-in-chief Jacqueline Carlyle on the Freeform comedy-drama series The Bold Type, which originally aired from June 2017 to June 2021.
Career overview
Melora Hardin is an American actress born on June 29, 1967, in Houston, Texas. She has a substantial acting background with a total of one hundred two known credits listed on the Movie Database. Hardin is recognized for her notable television roles across various networks and streaming platforms.
Among her well-known television appearances, Hardin played Jan Levinson on the NBC series The Office and portrayed Trudy Monk on the USA Network series Monk. She also took on the role of Tammy Cashman on the Amazon Prime Video series Transparent, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Further expanding her television work, Hardin starred as Jacqueline Carlyle, a magazine editor-in-chief, on the Freeform comedy-drama series The Bold Type. That series originally aired from June 2017 to June 2021. Hardin continues to be recognized for her contributions to television acting through these prominent roles.
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- Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie (2023) as Trudy Monk
- Clock (2023) as Dr. Elizabeth Simmons
- Golden Vanity (2023) as Mabel Montgomery-Mayflower
- Love, Classified (2022) as Emilia Bloom
- Caged (2021) as Officer Sacks
- Transparent: Musicale Finale (2019) as Tammy Cashman
- A Million Little Things (2018) as Patricia
- Cruel Hearts (2018) as Grace
- Anything (2018) as Rita
- The Bold Type (2017) as Jacqueline Carlyle
- The Bold Type (2017) Director
- Self/less (2015) as Judy
- Transparent (2014) as Tammy Cashman
- An American Girl: Isabelle Dances Into the Spotlight (2014) as Nancy Palmer
- The Blacklist (2013) as Isabella Stone
- Scandal (2012) as Shelley Meyers
- Beauty and the Least (2012) as Mary Andrews
- Zombie Hamlet (2012) as Pam
- I Melt with You (2011) as Jane
- Knucklehead (2010) as Mary
- 17 Again (2009) as Principal Jane Masterson
- Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009) as Lorelai
- You (2009) as Miranda
- You (2009) Producer
- You (2009) Director
- 27 Dresses (2008) as Maureen
- Free Radio (2008) as Self
- Mom, Dad and Her (2008) as Emma
- Yo Gabba Gabba! (2007)
- The Comebacks (2007) as Barb Fields
- Drive Thru (2007) as Marcia Carpenter
- The Violin (2007) as Gertrude Bloch
- The Dukes (2007) as Diane
- Boxboarders! (2007) as Ruth Keene
- The Megan Mullally Show (2006) as Self - Guest
- The Office (2005) as Jan Levinson
- Dancing with the Stars (2005) as Self - Contestant
- Dancing with the Stars (2005) as Self - Audience Member
- Thank You for Smoking (2005) as Interviewer
- Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure (2005) as Linda Evans
- Boston Legal (2004) as Sharon Brant
- El padrino: The Latin Godfather (2004) as Jane
- The Hollywood Mom's Mystery (2004) as Summer Rossner
- NCIS (2003) as Erin Toner
- CSI: Miami (2002) as Wendy Colton
- Monk (2002) as Trudy Monk
- Monk (2002) as Trudy Monk / Cameron
- Without a Trace (2002) as Pamela Seaver
- The Hot Chick (2002) as Carol
- The Division (2001) as Cheryl Lynn Brinkmeyer
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Sports Book Manager
- Gilmore Girls (2000) as Carolyn Bates
- Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000)
- Seven Girlfriends (2000) as Laura
- Family Guy (1999) as Patsy Ramsey (voice)
- Judging Amy (1999) as Rosalie Leavitt
- Once and Again (1999)
- Tower of Terror (1999) as Claire Poulet
- Certain Guys (1999) as Mary Beth
- Erasable You (1998) as Calamity
- Absolute Power (1997) as Christy Sullivan
- Timecop (1997)
- Orleans (1997) as Gina Vitelli
- Things That Go Bump (1997) as Chloe Garrett
- The Undercover Kid (1997) as Clyde
- The Pretender (1996) as Wendy Dawson
- Chameleon (1996) as Jill Hallman
- Caroline in the City (1995) as Beth
- Friends (1994) as Celia
- Touched by an Angel (1994) as Elizabeth Chamberlain
- The Pornographer (1994) as Sasha Leon Hoffner
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) as Molly Flynn
- Diagnosis: Murder (1993) as Savannah Bellows
- Diagnosis: Murder (1993) as POX Publicist Melanie Cooper
- Reckless Kelly (1993) as Robin Banks
- Miles from Nowhere (1992) as Teresa
- The Rocketeer (1991) as South Seas Singer
- Lambada (1990) as Sandy Thomas
- Shangri-La Plaza (1990) as Amy
- Quantum Leap (1989) as Abagail Fuller
- The Jeweller's Shop (1989) as Monica
- Big Man on Campus (1989) as Cathy
- Dirty Dancing (1988) as Frances 'Baby' Kellerman
- Tour of Duty (1987) as Christine Pierson
- Matlock (1986) as Lisa Swift
- Iron Eagle (1986) as Katie
- Soul Man (1986) as Whitney Dunbar
- Papa Was a Preacher (1986) as Janette
- The Best Times (1985)
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Cindy Warrick
- Mama Malone (1984)
- Trauma Center (1983)
- Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983) as Michele Pierson
- The Family Tree (1983)
- Hotel (1982)
- Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Nancy Perkins
- Secrets of Midland Heights (1980) as Micki Carroll
- What Are Friends For? (1980) as Amy Warner
- Haywire (1980) as Brooke Hayward, age 11 (uncredited)
- The North Avenue Irregulars (1979) as Carmel
- Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
- Something Queer at the Library (1978) as Jill
- The Love Boat (1977) as Courtney Chenault
- Thunder (1977) as Cindy Prescott
- Quincy, M.E. (1976)
- Quincy, M.E. (1976) as Amanda
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) as Belinda Stevens
- ABC Afterschool Special (1972) as Amy Warner
- Today (1952) as Self