Melinda McGraw Biography

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 The X-Files (as Scully's sister) and The Commish
• Is best known for recurring roles in 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
• Played Commissioner Gordon's wife in the hit film The Dark Knight in 2008
• (Nathan Gamble played her son in the film, and was again cast as her son in the short-lived 2009 sitcom Hank
• ) 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