Actress Melinda Whitney Nicola Clark is known primarily as a performer of the roles of various villains and femme fatale, which is not surprising with such an appearance as hers. And even if Melinda has to play some simple role, she will turn her into something special.
Melinda is considered the most real American TV star, because she can mainly be seen in television projects. However, her portfolio also includes full-length films.
Biography
The future actress was born in 1969 in California, in the coastal town of Dana Point. Her whole family was in one way or another involved in show business: her father was an actor, and her mother danced in ballet. Therefore, the atmosphere of art filled the entire life of Melinda and her brother Joshua and sister Heidi. True, of the three children, only she was interested in the world of theater, so as a schoolgirl she gladly went to classes in a theater group and participated in school performances. She prepared herself in advance for the profession of an actress: she sang, danced and tried to learn as much as possible about working on stage.
Clark really wanted to immerse herself in this magical world as soon as possible, so she was barely eighteen years old when she went to Los Angeles to test her strength there. Like many aspiring actresses, Melinda first decided to become a model in order to earn money for a living.
Film career
For two years she worked as a model and went through various auditions. We can say that once she was lucky, but most likely the perseverance and perseverance with which the girl sought to get on television did their job. In 1989, Melinda finally managed to pass the casting in the series "Days of Our Lives".
This was exactly the case when the desire of the actress and the creators of the project coincided, and Clarke got a small, but rather noticeable role. She played the role of Faith Taylor in the series, and this image attracted the audience. The fact is that this project is very old, and the audience already has their favorites in it. When a new actor or actress comes to the series, everyone looks at them meticulously: will they fit into the big picture? Melinda turned out to be quite harmonious for this series, and worked in it for almost a year, that is, she starred in several seasons.
And then, after many years, the name of Melinda Clark was still remembered precisely in connection with the role of Faith Taylor, and this already speaks of fame and success.
Young actors without a name and connections do not have to be very picky in their roles, and once Melinda agreed to a role in the horror film "Return of the Living Dead-3". A gloomy atmosphere was created on the set, and this affected the impressionable girl like an electric shock. She understood that all this is not real, that there are cameras in all corners, and actors who are just playing their roles are walking around her, but the sensations were really creepy, and she could not wait for it all to end. In life, she is a very cheerful and cheerful person, but this film made her gloomy and gloomy. It's good that only for the duration of filming.
In the nineties, Melinda had to work very hard, because the proposals followed one after the other. During this period, she starred in several films, and in the lead roles. In the film "Two Moons Confluence 2", the actress played the role of a model who came to visit her grandmother's estate and unexpectedly met a young man there, whom she truly fell in love with. Now she has to make a choice between the love she found and the life of a brilliant model in New York. Melinda played this role superbly: it was clearly visible how she changes when she lives a full life in her grandmother's estate and what a cold bitch she becomes in New York.
The audience liked this melodrama, and the film "Soldiers of Fortune" (1997) simply shocked. This famous film was the start of an actress in a big movie.
After the full-length picture, it was decided to shoot a series, and in it Melinda played the role of Margot Vincent. She was quite successful at portraying the CIA expert on Eastern Europe, and she harmoniously joined a group of actors who played a special task force carrying out unofficial government assignments for a fee. Here Melinda appeared in the form of a woman, ready for anything in order to carry out the orders of the commander. Otherwise, in some situations, the team would simply find it difficult to survive.
Melinda Clarke is a versatile actress, and therefore she was not averse to participating in projects for children and adolescents. For example, in the series "Xena - Warrior Princess" she created the image of the Amazon Velaska. The children remembered the spectacular and bold brunette, and many girls wanted to be like a warrior woman. Both the film and all the characters were very popular, so after the end of the project, it was decided to release a series of children's dolls in the form of the warrior Velaska.
And after Clarke starred in the movie "Spawn", her popularity increased even more. The image of the killer Jessica Priest turned out to be very convincing, sinister. No wonder Melinda is often called the "screen villain". For this role, a doll was also made, and it was quickly sold out.
One of the best projects in which Melinda starred is the series "Lonely Hearts" (2003-2007). This is a story about young people who are going through a period of character formation, and this is always interesting. Clarke played here Julia Cooper - an insidious intriguer, a real bitch from the representatives of the "golden youth".
Personal life
Once on the set, Melinda met actor Ernie Mirih, and in 1997 they got married. They had a daughter, Catherine Grace.
A few years after the wedding, the family broke up, but the actors did not officially divorce.
