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Melinda McGraw

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Melinda McGraw Fast Facts:

Was born in Cyprus, but grew up in Massachusetts.
Got an early acting start in the Boston Children's Theatre.
Attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
First TV appearance was a guest role in the 1988 British police drama Rockliffe's Babies. She also had roles in X-Files (as agent Scully's sister) and The Commish.
Is best known for recurring roles in the TV series Desperate Housewives, The West Wing and, memorably, as an edgy, cynical and manipulative wife of a comic on the acclaimed drama, Mad Men.
Is certified in stage combat by the British Society of Fight Directors.
Plays the saxophone.
Her voice is included in the 2003 video game, Enter the Matrix.
Played Commissioner Gordon's wife in the hit film The Dark Knight in 2008. (Nathan Gamble, her costar in Hank, played her son in the same film.)
In 2009, wrote an essay about the premature birth of her daughter for the book Note to Self: 30 Women on Hardship, Humiliation, Heartbreak, and Overcoming It All .