Melissa Sagemiller

Birth Name:

Melissa Sagemiller

Birth Place:

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Profession

Actress

SVU's New ADA is Tough, But Has Heart, Says Actress

Melissa Sagemiller had a familiar feeling when she entered the Law & Order: SVU set, the show that gave the actress her first role 11 years earlier. "I walked into the meeting for this role and Neal [Baer] and Ted [Kotcheff], the executive producers, remembered me. I was touched," Sagemiller says.

Wed, Nov 3, 2010

SVU's New ADA is Tough, But Has Heart, Says Actress

SVU's Neal Baer Says Premiere Was Inspired by Vertigo

"Ripped from the headlines" is the Law & Order franchise's catch phrase, but often times just one nugget of a real-life story is enough to inspire an episode. This season's premiere slightly borrowed from the story of Jaycee Dugard (who was kidnapped and found to be living with her captor years later), added an element of the Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novack film Vertigo about remaking someone you love, and combined it with the idea of installing RFID chips in your kids to trace their every move.

Tue, Sep 28, 2010

SVU's Neal Baer Says Premiere Was Inspired by Vertigo

Keck's Exclusives: Law & Order: SVU Adds a Mad Man and a True Blood Brother

With both their shows on hiatus (True Blood's finale aired Sunday and Mad Men's season ender airs October 17), two actors have signed on to be victimized in a truly terrifying episode of NBC's Law & Order: SVU. Michael Gladis (whose Paul Kinsey has been MIA during Mad Men this season) and Kevin Alejandro (True Blood's Jesus) will play two of...

Tue, Sep 14, 2010

Keck's Exclusives: Law & Order: SVU Adds a Mad Man and a True Blood Brother

SVU Producer Neal Baer Explains ADA Shakeup

How did Melissa Sagemiller come to replace Paula Patton as the new ADA on Law & Order: SVU? TV Guide Magazine got the scoop from showrunner Neal Baer. "Right before Paula started her first episode — which she's shooting right now — she was offered...

Fri, Sep 10, 2010

SVU Producer Neal Baer Explains ADA Shakeup

Friday Night Lights' Langton Finds New Life

Melrose Place alumna Brooke Langton, who had been a recurring player on Friday Night Lights during its freshman season (playing Jackie Miller), has joined the new NBC drama Life as a series regular, says the Hollywood Reporter. Langton is replacing Melissa Sagemiller in the role of the married lawyer who gets the central figure, a wrongfully imprisoned cop, sprung from the joint and back onto the force. Adulterous sparks ensue.Related: Friday Night Lights Adds 24 Fave, Tree Hill Hottie.

Mon, Jul 23, 2007