Wrenn Schmidt
Biography
Melinda Wrenn Schmidt is an American actress born on February 18, 1983, in Lexington, South Carolina, USA. She has appeared in various television series, including Boardwalk Empire, The Americans, Person of Interest, and Outcast. Her film credits include Preservation, I Saw the Light, and 13 Hours. Schmidt's notable role is as NASA engineer and director Margo Madison in the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind. With 29 known credits, she has established herself as a versatile actress in the entertainment industry.
Career overview
Melinda Wrenn Schmidt is an American actress born on February 18, 1983, in Lexington, South Carolina, USA. She has appeared in various television series throughout her career. One of her notable roles is as Julia Sagorsky in the period drama series Boardwalk Empire, where she starred from 2012 to 2013. She also played the role of KGB handler Kate in the spy drama series The Americans in 2014.
In addition to her work in television, Schmidt has also appeared in several film roles. One of her notable film credits is in the horror film Preservation, which she appeared in during 2014. She also played a role in the biographical drama I Saw the Light in 2015. Furthermore, she appeared in the war film 13 Hours, although the specific release year is not specified.
Schmidt's television credits also include roles in the thriller series Person of Interest, where she played Dr Iris Campbell from 2014 to 2016, and in the horror series Outcast, where she portrayed Megan Holter from 2016 to 2018. Her most notable role to date is as NASA engineer, flight director, and later director of NASA Margo Madison in the Apple TV+ original science-fiction space drama series For All Mankind.
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- Imprint (2026) as Flora
- Nuremberg (2025) as Elsie Douglas
- Xeno (2025) as Linda
- Stitches (2025) as Gillian
- The Starling Girl (2023) as Heidi Starling
- Nope (2022) as Amber Park
- For All Mankind (2019) as Margo Madison
- The Looming Tower (2018) as Diane Priest
- The Good Catholic (2017) as Jane
- Outcast (2016) as Megan Holter
- 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016) as Becky Silva
- I Saw the Light (2016) as Bobbie Jett
- Preservation (2014) as Wit Neary
- The Americans (2013) as Kate
- How to Follow Strangers (2013) as Shelly
- Elementary (2012) as Cashier / Ellory
- Elementary (2012) as Ellory
- Person of Interest (2011) as Iris Campbell
- Unforgettable (2011) as Vicki Wilson
- Body of Proof (2011) as Rena Talbot
- Our Idiot Brother (2011) as Beth
- Blue Bloods (2010) as Anna Goodwin
- Boardwalk Empire (2010) as Julia Sagorsky
- 3 lbs (2006) as Female Student
- Law & Order (1990) as Jill Cariclia