Melora Hardin

56 · Born: Jun 29, 1967

Personal Details

Official Socials

Born Jun 29, 1967 Houston, Texas, USA

Parents

Jerry Hardin
Diane Hardin

Relatives

Shawn Hardin (Sibling)
Kara Meyers (Sibling)
Cleo Elizabeth Hardin (Niece or Nephew)

Biography

Melora Hardin (born June 29, 1967) is an American actress known for her roles as Jan Levinson on NBC's The Office, Trudy Monk on USA Network's Monk, and Tammy Cashman on Amazon Prime Video's Transparent, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Hardin starred as magazine editor-in-chief Jacqueline Carlyle on the Freeform comedy-drama The Bold Type, which aired from June 2017 to June 2021.

Career

acting

2023

Clock as Dr. Elizabeth Simmons

Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie

Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie as Trudy Monk

2022

Love, Classified

Love, Classified as Emilia Bloom

2021

Caged as Officer Sacks

2019

Transparent as Tammy Cashman

2018

Cruel Hearts as Grace

2017

Anything as Rita

The Bold Type as Jacqueline Carlyle

2016

The Blacklist as Isabella Stone

2015

Self/less as Judy

2014

Isabelle Dances Into the Spotlight

Isabelle Dances Into the Spotlight as Mrs. Palmer

2012

Beauty and the Least: The Misadventures of Ben Banks

Beauty and the Least: The Misadventures of Ben Banks as Mary Andrews

2010

Knucklehead as Mary

2009

You as Miranda

Hannah Montana: The Movie

Hannah Montana: The Movie as Lorelai

2008

27 Dresses as Maureen

Mom, Dad and Her

Mom, Dad and Her as Emma

2007

Drive Thru as Marcia Carpenter

The Violin as Gertrude Bloch

The Dukes as Diane

Boxboarders! as Ruth Keene

The Comebacks as Barb Fields

2006

2005

Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure

Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure as Linda Evans

The Office as Jan Levinson

Without a Trace

Without a Trace as Pamela Seaver

2004

The Hollywood Mom's Mystery

The Hollywood Mom's Mystery as Summer Rossner

2003

NCIS as Erin Toner

2002

The Hot Chick as Carol Spencer

2001

Family Guy as Patsy Ramsey (voice

2000

Seven Girlfriends

Seven Girlfriends as Laura

Certain Guys as Mary Beth

Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family

Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family

1998

Erasable You as Calamity

1997

Absolute Power as Christy Sullivan

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney as Claire Poulet

The Undercover Kid

The Undercover Kid as Clyde

Orleans as Gina Vitelli

1996

Chameleon as Jill Hallman

1994

Friends as Celia

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Diagnosis Murder

Diagnosis Murder as Savannah Bellows

Matlock as Lisa Swift

1993

Reckless Kelly as Robin Banks

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote as Cindy Warrick

1992

Miles from Nowhere

Miles from Nowhere as Teresa

Quantum Leap as Abagail Fuller

1990

Lambada as Sandy Thomas

1989

The Jeweller's Shop

The Jeweller's Shop as Monica

Big Man on Campus

Big Man on Campus as Cathy

1988

Dirty Dancing as Frances 'Baby' Kellerman

1986

Soul Man as Whitney Dunbar

Papa Was a Preacher

Papa Was a Preacher as Janette

1983

The Family Tree

The Family Tree

1980

ABC Afterschool Specials

ABC Afterschool Specials as Amy Warner

Secrets of Midland Heights

Secrets of Midland Heights

directing

2009

You as Director