Melora Hardin (born June 29, 1967) is an American actress and singer best known for The Office (US), Monk, and Transparent.
The daughter of prolific character actor Jerry Hardin (best-remembered as "Deep Throat" on The X-Files), she began appearing in TV and film as a child actress and has had a long and varied career. She is married to actor/writer Gildart Jackson and they have two children.
Film Roles
- Something Queer Is Happening At The Library as Jill (short film)
- The North Avenue Irregulars as Carmel
- Iron Eagle as Katie
- Soul Man as Whitney Dunbar
- Big Man On Campus as Cathy
- The Jewelers Shop as Monica
- Lambada as Sandy Thomas
- The Rocketeer as South Seas singer
- Reckless Kelly as Robin Banks
- Chameleon as Jill Hallman
- Absolute Power (1997) as Christy Sullivan
- Tower of Terror as Carolyn Crosson (TV Movie)
- Seven Girlfriends as Laura
- The Hot Chick as Carol
- Drive-Thru as Marcia Carpenter
- The Dukes as Diane
- Boxboarders as Ruth Keene
- The Comebacks as Barb Fields
- 27 Dresses as Maureen
- 17 Again (2009) as Principal Jane Masterson
- Hannah Montana as Lorelai
- You as Miranda (also director and producer)
- Knucklehead as Mary
- I Melt With You as Jane
- An American Girl Isabelle Dances Into The Spotlight as Nancy Palmer (Direct to Video)
- Self Less as Judy O'Neil
- Clock as Dr. Elizabeth Simmons
Television Roles
- Police Story (1973) as Sheila (2 episodes)
- Thunder as Cindy Prescott
- The Love Boat as Courtney Chenault (1 episode)
- Quincy, M.E. as Amanda/Abigail 'Abby' Garvin (2 episodes)
- Different Strokes as Emily Morehouse (1 episode)
- Secrets Of Midland Heights as Micki Carroll
- Little House on the Prairie as Belinda Stevens (2 episodes)
- The Family Tree as Tess Benjamin (1 episode)
- Equal Justice as Doris Walsh (1 episode)
- Mann & Machine as Louise Trotsky (1 episode)
- Quantum Leap as Abigail Fuller (1 episode)
- Moon Over Miami as Emily Booker (1 episode)
- Murder, She Wrote as Cindy Warrick (1 episode)
- Dirty Dancing as Baby Kellerman (she starred in the short-lived CBS series, which retconned Baby as Max Kellerman's daughter)
- Renegade as Laura McMillan/Kelly Anderson (2 episodes)
- Matlock as Lisa Swift (1 episode)
- Lois & Clark as Molly Flynn (1 episode)
- Friends as Celia (1 episode)
- Touched by an Angel as Lizbeth (1 episode)
- Diagnosis: Murder as Savannah Bellows/Melanie Cooper (2 episodes)
- Caroline in the City as Beth (1 episode)
- Orleans as Gina Vitelli (2 episodes)
- Timecop as Edith Thomas (1 episode)
- The Pretender as Wendy Dawson (1 episode)
- Payne as Danielle Harris (1 episode)
- Cover Me as Barbara Arno
- Family Guy as Patsy Ramsey (1 episode)
- Judging Amy as Rosalie Leavitt (1 episode)
- The Division (2001) as Cheryl Lynn Brinkmeyer (1 episode)
- NCIS as Former Petty Officer Erin Toner (1 episode)
- Boston Legal as Sharon Brant (1 episode)
- Monk as Trudy Monk (recurring)
- The Office (US) as Jan Levinson
- Without a Trace as Pamela Seaver (1 episode)
- Gilmore Girls as Carolyn Bates (1 episode)
- Yo Gabba Gabba! as Herself (1 episode)
- Outlaw as Claire Sax (recurring)
- CSI: Miami as Wendy Colton (1 episode)
- Wedding Band as Roxie Rutherford
- Scandal as Shelley Meyers (1 episode)
- Killer Women as Nan Reed (1 episode)
- Transparent as Tammy Cashman (recurring)
- Falling Skies as Captain Katie Marshall (2 episodes)
- The Blacklist as Isabella Stone (2 episodes)
- When We Rise as Carole Midgen (1 episode)
- The Bold Type as Jacqueline Carlyle
- A Million Little Things as Patricia Bloom (recurring)
- Celebrity Family Feud As Herself (1 episode)
Director
- The Bold Type (1 episode)
