Melora Walters
Known for acting · Born 21 October 1959 · 66 · Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
100 credits
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.
Known for
The Butterfly Effect
2004
Cam
2018
Big Love
2006
PEN15
2019
Venom
2018
The Pale Door
2020
Magnolia
1999
Desert Saints
2002
The Accursed
2021
Short Term 12
2013
In a Relationship
2018
Offseason
2022
Acting (95)
2026SituationsBrianneFilm
2026CrooksBlancheFilm
2025The IdeaFilm
2022OffseasonAva AldrichFilm
2022American GigoloMaryanne Henderson · 3 episodesSeries
2022Where Are YouEdithFilm
2021The AccursedNaidaFilm
2021Hard Luck Love SongGypsy SallyFilm
2021Far MoreEvie FloresFilm
2020The Pale DoorMariaFilm
2020Pink Skies AheadHayleyFilm
2019PEN15Kathy Kone · 25 episodesSeries
2019Robert the BruceYlfaFilm
2019Beneath the LeavesRoseFilm
2019DrowningRoseFilm
2019Adeline, the GreatFilm
2018VenomHomeless Woman MariaFilm
2018CamLynneFilm
2018FBIEvelyn AdamsSeries
2018In a RelationshipMia ZinitiFilm
2018The AmaranthLily KendrickFilm
2018Doubting ThomasKateFilm
2017The LoversLucyFilm
2017Good After BadVictoria AckermanFilm
2017OdiousBeatriceFilm
2016The OAMelodySeries
2016Sugar MountainTracey HuxleyFilm
2016IndiscretionHarperFilm
2015Sex, Death and BowlingEvie FloresFilm
2015SacrificeEnidFilm
2014The Young KieslowskiBarbara KieslowskiFilm
2013Short Term 12Dr. HendlerFilm
2013UnderdogsNancy Smith-BurkettFilm
2013Lonely BoyBetsyFilm
2012The MasterBand (Voice)Film
2012Missing PiecesDelia GreenlyFilm
2012MaryMaryFilm
2011The River MurdersAgent GloverFilm
2011Franklin & BashJoan AckermannSeries
2010Love RanchJanelleFilm
2010Shit YearShellyFilm
2010Case 219Victoria LashFilm
2009HurtHelen ColtraneFilm
2008The MentalistAmberSeries
2008Black Crescent MoonKatelan BeaconFilm
2008Harrison MontgomeryMargo FlemingFilm
2007CalifornicationLisaSeries
2007Brothers Three: An American GothicLorenFilm
2006Big LoveWanda Henrickson · 43 episodesSeries
2004The Butterfly EffectAndrea TrebornFilm
2004Desperate HousewivesSylvia Greene · 2 episodesSeries
2003NCISSusan Elizabeth LoweSeries
2003Matchstick MenHeather (uncredited)Film
2003Cold MountainLilaFilm
2003The Big EmptyCandyFilm
2003Melvin Goes to DinnerTrenice (uncredited)Film
2003Threat MatrixLia 'Lark' Larkin · 16 episodesSeries
2002Desert SaintsBennie HarperFilm
2002WiseGirlsKateFilm
2001Speaking of SexMelindaFilm
2001RainEllenFilm
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSageSeries
2000That Moment: Magnolia DiarySelfFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLaurel LinwoodSeries
1999MagnoliaClaudia Wilson GatorFilm
1998Twice Upon a TimeAlannah MerriboneFilm
1998L.A. DoctorsFelicity · 20 episodesSeries
1997Boogie NightsJessie St. VincentFilm
1997Hard EightJimmy's GirlFilm
1997Brooklyn SouthCarlySeries
1997Los LocosAllisonFilm
1996EraserDarleenFilm
1996Nash BridgesFloSeries
1996American StraysCindyFilm
1994Ed WoodSecretary #2Film
1994Cabin BoyTrinaFilm
1994All Tied UpBlissFilm
1994Dead Man's RevengeBunnyFilm
1994Midnight Run for Your LifeLorna BellstrattonFilm
1993Walker, Texas RangerStarSeries
1993Twenty BucksStripper / Funeral DirectorFilm
1993Telling SecretsKaren BlakeFilm
1993America's Deadliest Home VideoGloriaFilm
1993Bakersfield P.D.Marnie ArcherSeries
1992BeethovenPet Shop OwnerFilm
1990Dream OnDinaSeries
1990How to Murder a MillionaireGingerFilm
1989Dead Poets SocietyGloriaFilm
1989SeinfeldJaneSeries
1989Rude AwakeningPunky (uncredited)Film
1988The Wonder YearsWaitressSeries
1988Roseanne · 3 episodesSeries
1988Dear JohnMariaSeries
1988Staring at the DarkFilm
—They FollowFilm
Camera (1)
1993America's Deadliest Home VideoCamera OperatorFilm
Directing (1)
2018The Lover in the Attic: A True StoryDirectorFilm
Production (2)
2018Waterlily JaguarProducer, Writer, DirectorFilm
2012Missing PiecesAssociate ProducerFilm
Writing (1)
2019DrowningWriter, DirectorFilm