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Melinda McGraw

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  • Birth Name: Melinda Leigh McGraw
  • Birth Place: Nicosia, Cyprus
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 10/25/1968, Scorpio
  • Profession: Actor
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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 .
  • Melinda McGraw Relationships:
  • Lucy Grace - Daughter
  • Steve Pierson - Husband
  • College:
  • Attended Bennington College, Bennington, VT
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