Melina Kanakaredes

ACTRESS, WRITER, DIRECTOR

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Melina Eleni Kanakaredes was born in Akron, Ohio, to Connie (Temo), who owned a candy company, and Harry Kanakaredes, an insurance salesman. She is of Greek descent. Her love of musical theater, especially the work of Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera, inspired her as a child. She began performing locally; singing with her sisters and making her acting debut at age eight in the community theater production of "Tom Sawyer".Kanakaredes attended Ohio State University to study music, dance and theater, later transferring to Point Park College in Pittsburgh. She appeared in commercials, industrial films and on stage at the Pittsburgh Playhouse and Pittsburgh Public Theater. Upon graduation, Kanakaredes moved to New York City where she supported her acting dreams by working in off-Broadway plays.Kanakaredes' early television credits include a recurring role as Jimmy Smits' reporter-girlfriend in Policías de Nueva York (1993). She starred in the drama series New York News (1995) and Leaving L.A. (1997) and guest-starred on El abogado (1997) and Oz (1997). She also received two Emmy nominations for her work on The Guiding Light (1952).She then starred for five seasons as Dr. Sydney Hansen on the NBC-TV critically acclaimed series Providence (1999). For her performance, Melina received the 2000 TV Guide Award for Favorite Actress in a Drama (as voted by more than one million TV viewers) and was nominated for the same award in 2001. In 2003, she gave birth to her second child, took to the stage as "Sally Bowles" in the Broadway play Cabaret and shot the indie film En el fuego (2005), which will debut at the 2004 Tribecca Film Festival. In the fall of 2004, she will return to television in the much anticipated CBS series CSI: Nueva York (2004) opposite Gary Sinise.In 2001, she appeared on the big screen co-starring opposite Robert De Niro in the film 15 minutos (2001). Other film credits include Rounders (1998), Más fuerte que su destino (1998) and Memoria letal (1996). In the same year, she became a celebrity spokesperson for Maybelline as featured in their national television and print campaigns.Away from the set, Kanakaredes enjoys, reading, swimming, working out with the Pilates system, traveling (especially to Greece), listening to James Taylor, and is a sports fan of the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Bulls. She lives with her family in Los Angeles. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Rogers & Cowan

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Releases by Year

Melina Kanakaredes on average has worked on 1 movies per year from 1994 to 2008. See the full graphs of the number of Melina Kanakaredes movies released per year from 1994 till 2008.

Top Genres

Melina Kanakaredes works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Romance Genre flixes. 60% of Melina Kanakaredes movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that Melina Kanakaredes worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Melina Kanakaredes has worked on is 6.0.

6.0 / 10

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Drama,Family
Saint Maybe (1998)

A lonely teen troubled by a past family tragedy is suspicious of his sister-in-law, believing she is being unfaithful. His confrontation with his brother sets off a series of tragic events.

6.1/1095 min

Available in 2 platform(s).

Into the Fire follows the story of Walter Hartwig, a lieutenant in the New York City Harbor Unit, who finally comes to terms with what is really important about this life.

5.1/1095 min

Available in 3 platform(s).