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Melinda McGraw

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Melinda McGraw
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Melinda McGraw is a classically trained actress known for her range, playing a wide variety of roles in comedy and drama alike. Ms. McGraw grew up in the Boston area and was a member of the Boston Children's Theater. She attended Bennington College briefly until she was accepted at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Her schoolmates included Clive Owen and Ralph Fiennes, among several other notable talents. After appearing in many theatrical productions in London's West End and around the UK she returned to the States in 1990. Melinda McGraw was critically acclaimed for her turn as Bobbie Barrett in Season 2 of "Mad Men" which earned her a Screen Actors' Guild Award as part of the Best Ensemble Cast, as well as an OFTA Television Award for Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series (2007). She is also known for her work as Barbara Gordon in "The Dark Knight," as Scott Bakula's love interest in AMC's "Men of a Certain Age," as Diane Gibbs-Fornell-Sterling in "NCIS" and as Dana's sister Melissa Scully in the "X-Files." She received a Best Supporting Actress Award from the Milan Film Festival for "Meeting Spencer" opposite Jeffery Tambor and Jesse Plemons. Ms. McGraw is married to composer/recording artist Steve Pierson and they have a daughter.
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      • 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Mad Men (2007)
    Mad Men
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Bobbie Barrett
    Christian Bale in The Dark Knight (2008)
    The Dark Knight
    9.0
    • Barbara Gordon
    • 2008
    Ray Romano and Andre Braugher in Men of a Certain Age (2009)
    Men of a Certain Age
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Erin Riley
    Rob Lowe, Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Dulé Hill, Moira Kelly, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, and Bradley Whitford in The West Wing (1999)
    The West Wing
    8.9
    TV Series
    • Jane Braun

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    • Living in Captivity
      • Becca Marek
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 1998



    • Rose McIver, Rebecca Wisocky, Brandon Scott Jones, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Richie Moriarty, Asher Grodman, Sheila Carrasco, Román Zaragoza, Devan Chandler Long, and Danielle Pinnock in Ghosts (2021)
      Ghosts
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Diane
      • 2024
    • Paul T. Goldman in Paul T. Goldman (2023)
      Paul T. Goldman
      6.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Audrey Munson
      • 2023
    • Melonie Diaz, Madeleine Mantock, and Sarah Jeffery in Charmed (2018)
      Charmed
      4.8
      TV Series
      • Vivienne Laurent
      • 2020–2021
    • Interrogation (2020)
      Interrogation
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Faith Turner
      • 2020
    • Wilmer Valderrama, Rocky Carroll, Gary Cole, Katrina Law, Sean Murray, Brian Dietzen, and Diona Reasonover in NCIS (2003)
      NCIS
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Diane Sterling
      • Diane Gibbs Fornell Sterling
      • 2011–2019
    • Britt Robertson and Regé-Jean Page in For The People (2018)
      For The People
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Allison's Mother
      • 2019
    • Damon Wayans and Seann William Scott in Lethal Weapon (2016)
      Lethal Weapon
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Cynthia Hahn
      • 2019
    • Scott Bakula in NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
      NCIS: New Orleans
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Gina Powell
      • 2018
    • The Crossing (2018)
      The Crossing
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Dr. Greta Pryor
      • 2018
    • Kelsey Grammer, Matt Bomer, and Lily Collins in The Last Tycoon (2016)
      The Last Tycoon
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Hedda Hopper
      • 2017
    • Mackenzie Davis in Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town (2017)
      Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town
      5.6
      • Mrs. Percy
      • 2017
    • Reg E. Cathey, Patrick Fugit, and Madeleine McGraw in Outcast (2016)
      Outcast
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Patricia MacCready
      • 2016–2017
    • Jennifer Beals in Proof (2015)
      Proof
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Sasha Turing
      • 2015
    • Katherine Heigl in State of Affairs (2014)
      State of Affairs
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Senator Kyle Green
      • 2014–2015
    • The Stockwells
      Short
      • Carol
      • 2014

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    • Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell in Quantum Leap (1989)
      Quantum Leap
      8.2
      TV Series
      • performer: "Bringing In the Sheaves", "Joy to the World" (uncredited)
      • 1990

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    • Height
      • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
    • Born
      • October 25
      • Nicosia, Cyprus
    • Spouse
      • Steve PiersonOctober 14, 2000 - present (1 child)
    • Children
      • Lucy Grace Pierson
    • Other works
      She acted in Friedrich Schiller's play, "Don Carlos", at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, England with Michael Grandage, Reece Dinsdale, Virginia Greig, Ian McDiarmid, Adrian Ross Magenty and James Maxwell in the cast. Nicholas Hytner was the director.

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      As a society, I think older women are marginalized, but I think that has changed so much in the last twenty years.
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