Acting

Melora Walters

Born 1959-10-21 · 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.

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Crooks
as Blanche
2026
Situations
as Brianne
2026
The Idea
2025
Where Are You
as Edith
2022
American Gigolo
as Maryanne Henderson
2022
Offseason
as Ava Aldrich
2022
The Accursed
as Naida
2021
Hard Luck Love Song
as Gypsy Sally
2021
Far More
as Evie Flores
2021
Pink Skies Ahead
as Hayley
2020
The Pale Door
as Maria
2020
Adeline, the Great
2019
Drowning
as Rose
2019
Drowning
Writer
2019
Drowning
Director
2019
Robert the Bruce
as Ylfa
2019
Beneath the Leaves
as Rose
2019
PEN15
as Kathy Kone
2019
In a Relationship
as Mia Ziniti
2018
The Amaranth
as Lily Kendrick
2018
The Lover in the Attic: A True Story
Director
2018
Cam
as Lynne
2018
Venom
as Homeless Woman Maria
2018
FBI
as Evelyn Adams
2018
Waterlily Jaguar
Producer
2018
Waterlily Jaguar
Director
2018
Waterlily Jaguar
Writer
2018
Doubting Thomas
as Kate
2018
Odious
as Beatrice
2017
The Lovers
as Lucy
2017
Good After Bad
as Victoria Ackerman
2017
The OA
as Melody
2016
Sugar Mountain
as Tracey Huxley
2016
Indiscretion
as Harper
2016
Sacrifice
as Enid
2015
Sex, Death and Bowling
as Evie Flores
2015
The Young Kieslowski
as Barbara Kieslowski
2014
Short Term 12
as Dr. Hendler
2013
Underdogs
as Nancy Smith-Burkett
2013
Lonely Boy
as Betsy
2013
Mary
as Mary
2012
The Master
as Band (Voice)
2012
Missing Pieces
as Delia Greenly
2012
Missing Pieces
Associate Producer
2012
The River Murders
as Agent Glover
2011
Franklin & Bash
as Joan Ackermann
2011
Love Ranch
as Janelle
2010
Shit Year
as Shelly
2010
Case 219
as Victoria Lash
2010
Hurt
as Helen Coltrane
2009
The Mentalist
as Amber
2008
Black Crescent Moon
as Katelan Beacon
2008
Harrison Montgomery
as Margo Fleming
2008
Californication
as Lisa
2007
Brothers Three: An American Gothic
as Loren
2007
Big Love
as Wanda Henrickson
2006
Desperate Housewives
as Sylvia Greene
2004
The Butterfly Effect
as Andrea Treborn
2004
Cold Mountain
as Lila
2003
Melvin Goes to Dinner
as Trenice (uncredited)
2003
NCIS
as Susan Elizabeth Lowe
2003
Threat Matrix
as Lia 'Lark' Larkin
2003
Matchstick Men
as Heather (uncredited)
2003
The Big Empty
as Candy
2003
WiseGirls
as Kate
2002
Desert Saints
as Bennie Harper
2002
Speaking of Sex
as Melinda
2001
Rain
as Ellen
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Sage
2000
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
as Self
2000
Magnolia
as Claudia Wilson Gator
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Laurel Linwood
1999
Twice Upon a Time
as Alannah Merribone
1998
L.A. Doctors
as Felicity
1998
Boogie Nights
as Jessie St. Vincent
1997
Brooklyn South
as Carly
1997
Hard Eight
as Jimmy's Girl
1997
Los Locos
as Allison
1997
American Strays
as Cindy
1996
Eraser
as Darleen
1996