Melinda Clarke

Melinda Clarke born April 24 1969 height 5 7 170 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 CooperNichol on The OC as well as the professional dominatrix Lady Heather on CSI From 2010 to 2013 she portrayed Amanda on the actionthriller 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 Clarkes 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 Jerrys 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 OC as Julie Cooper a cunning socialite who marries for money Her character in the show is mainly portrayed as a manipulative morally wrong woman but as the show progresses the reasons behind her choices are explained She was originally billed as a guest star in the first few episodes and due to fan response was offered a series regular contract Clarke accepted the role and her character became an integral part of the shows storylines As well as starring on The OC she has appeared on HBOs hit series Entourage as a fictionalized version of herself married to Malcolm McDowells Terrance McQuewick Clarke also appeared as the Devils girlfriend in The CWs 2007 series Reaper She also auditioned for the role of Number Six on SCIFIs smash hit Battlestar Galactica but the role ultimately went to Tricia Helfer In 2010 she appeared on The CW show The Vampire Diaries as Kelly Donovan Other projects included the television film She Drives Me Crazy which was produced by her former The OC costar Kelly Rowan She appeared as a guest star on Chuck another series from The OC creator Josh Schwartz She starred on The CW drama Nikita where she played Amanda from 2010 to 2013 She lent her voice to several voice acting projects voicing Alexa in The Animatrix Matriculated Sofia Ivanescu in the video game Mission Impossible Operation Surma Madame MacmuLing in Avatar The Last Airbender and Charlene in King of the Hill Description above from the Wikipedia article Melinda Clarke licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia