Melora Walters

Known for: Acting

Born: 1959-10-21 (age 66)

From: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Melora Walters (born October 21, 1959) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring roles as Wanda Henrickson in the television series Big Love and Kathy Kone in PEN15, and has appeared in several Paul Thomas Anderson films.

Filmography (94)

MOVIE
Crooks
2026
as Blanche
MOVIE
Situations
2026
as Brianne
MOVIE
The Idea
2025
MOVIE★ 1.6
Where Are You
2022
as Edith
TV★ 6.8
American Gigolo
2022
as Maryanne Henderson
MOVIE★ 5.2
Offseason
2022
as Ava Aldrich
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Accursed
2021
as Naida
MOVIE★ 4.0
Hard Luck Love Song
2021
as Gypsy Sally
MOVIE★ 1.0
Far More
2021
as Evie Flores
MOVIE★ 5.7
Pink Skies Ahead
2020
as Hayley
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Pale Door
2020
as Maria
MOVIE
Adeline, the Great
2019
MOVIE★ 3.7
Drowning
2019
as Rose
MOVIE★ 5.5
Robert the Bruce
2019
as Ylfa
MOVIE★ 4.0
Beneath the Leaves
2019
as Rose
TV★ 8.3
PEN15
2019
as Kathy Kone
MOVIE★ 5.7
In a Relationship
2018
as Mia Ziniti
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Amaranth
2018
as Lily Kendrick
MOVIE★ 5.9
Cam
2018
as Lynne
MOVIE★ 6.8
Venom
2018
as Homeless Woman Maria
TV★ 7.9
FBI
2018
as Evelyn Adams
MOVIE★ 5.1
Doubting Thomas
2018
as Kate
MOVIE★ 2.0
Odious
2017
as Beatrice
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Lovers
2017
as Lucy
MOVIE★ 5.3
Good After Bad
2017
as Victoria Ackerman
TV★ 7.5
The OA
2016
as Melody
MOVIE★ 5.6
Sugar Mountain
2016
as Tracey Huxley
MOVIE★ 4.3
Indiscretion
2016
as Dr. Harper
MOVIE★ 4.1
Sacrifice
2015
as Enid
MOVIE★ 4.3
Sex, Death and Bowling
2015
as Evie Flores
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Young Kieslowski
2014
as Barbara Kieslowski
MOVIE★ 7.8
Short Term 12
2013
as Dr. Hendler
MOVIE★ 5.6
Underdogs
2013
as Nancy Smith-Burkett
MOVIE★ 4.6
Lonely Boy
2013
as Betsy
MOVIE★ 2.0
Mary
2012
as Mary
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Master
2012
as Band (Voice)
MOVIE★ 2.5
Missing Pieces
2012
as Delia Greenly
MOVIE★ 5.2
The River Murders
2011
as Agent Glover
TV★ 7.3
Franklin & Bash
2011
as Joan Ackermann
MOVIE★ 5.4
Love Ranch
2010
as Janelle
MOVIE★ 4.7
Shit Year
2010
as Shelly
MOVIE
Case 219
2010
as Victoria Lash
MOVIE★ 4.6
Hurt
2009
as Helen Coltrane
TV★ 8.4
The Mentalist
2008
as Amber
MOVIE★ 3.5
Black Crescent Moon
2008
as Katelan Beacon
MOVIE★ 4.0
Harrison Montgomery
2008
as Margo Fleming
TV★ 7.6
Californication
2007
as Lisa
MOVIE★ 4.5
Brothers Three: An American Gothic
2007
as Loren
TV★ 6.9
Big Love
2006
as Wanda Henrickson
TV★ 7.9
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Sylvia Greene
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Butterfly Effect
2004
as Andrea Treborn
MOVIE★ 6.9
Cold Mountain
2003
as Lila
MOVIE★ 5.4
Melvin Goes to Dinner
2003
as Trenice (uncredited)
TV★ 7.6
NCIS
2003
as Susan Elizabeth Lowe
TV★ 6.1
Threat Matrix
2003
as Lia 'Lark' Larkin
MOVIE★ 7.0
Matchstick Men
2003
as Heather (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Big Empty
2003
as Candy
MOVIE★ 5.5
WiseGirls
2002
as Kate
MOVIE★ 5.8
Desert Saints
2002
as Bennie Harper
MOVIE★ 5.5
Speaking of Sex
2001
as Melinda
MOVIE★ 5.1
Rain
2001
as Ellen
TV★ 7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Sage
MOVIE★ 7.7
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.7
Magnolia
1999
as Claudia Wilson Gator
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Laurel Linwood
MOVIE★ 5.0
Twice Upon a Time
1998
as Alannah Merribone
TV★ 8.5
L.A. Doctors
1998
as Felicity
MOVIE★ 7.6
Boogie Nights
1997
as Jessie St. Vincent
TV★ 9.6
Brooklyn South
1997
as Carly
MOVIE★ 6.8
Hard Eight
1997
as Jimmy's Girl
MOVIE★ 3.0
Los Locos
1997
as Allison
MOVIE★ 5.8
American Strays
1996
as Cindy
MOVIE★ 6.1
Eraser
1996
as Darleen
TV★ 6.6
Nash Bridges
1996
as Flo
MOVIE★ 7.5
Ed Wood
1994
as Secretary #2
MOVIE★ 5.2
Midnight Run for Your Life
1994
as Lorna Bellstratton
MOVIE★ 5.1
All Tied Up
1994
as Bliss
MOVIE★ 5.3
Dead Man's Revenge
1994
as Bunny
MOVIE★ 5.2
Cabin Boy
1994
as Trina
MOVIE★ 5.7
Twenty Bucks
1993
as The Stripper / Funeral Director
TV★ 7.7
Bakersfield P.D.
1993
as Marnie Archer
TV★ 7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Star
MOVIE★ 5.0
Telling Secrets
1993
as Karen Blake
MOVIE★ 4.3
America's Deadliest Home Video
1993
as Gloria
MOVIE★ 5.8
Beethoven
1992
as Pet Shop Owner
TV★ 7.0
Dream On
1990
as Dina
MOVIE★ 6.0
How to Murder a Millionaire
1990
as Ginger
MOVIE★ 4.7
Rude Awakening
1989
as Punky (uncredited)
TV★ 8.3
Seinfeld
1989
as Jane
MOVIE★ 8.3
Dead Poets Society
1989
as Gloria
TV★ 6.8
Roseanne
1988
TV★ 5.7
Dear John
1988
as Maria
MOVIE
Staring at the Dark
1988
TV★ 8.3
The Wonder Years
1988
as Waitress