Melinda Clarke

About

Melinda Patrice Clarke (born April 24, 1969) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Faith Taylor on the soap opera Days of Our Lives (1989–1990), Julie Cooper on Fox’s teen drama series The O.C. (2003–2007), Lady Heather on CBS’s crime drama series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2001–2015) and Amanda on the action thriller series Nikita (2010–2013).

Clarke was born and raised in Dana Point, California. She is the daughter of actor John Clarke. Clarke is one of three siblings, and her sister died in 1994 of a malignant heart tumor.

Clarke appeared on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives as Faith Taylor (where her father was a senior cast member), and starred in the television series Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1997–1999). She also guest-starred on Xena: Warrior Princess (1997) as the Amazon chieftain Velasca, Firefly (2003) the brothel madam Nandi, Charmed (2002) as the Siren, and has had six appearances on CSI (2001–2011) where she played dominatrix Lady Heather. She also appeared in the Seinfeld episode “The Muffin Tops”, playing Jerry’s girlfriend who likes anything hairless. In 1993, she played a lead role in the horror film Return of…