Melora Walters

Known For: Acting
Born: October 21, 1959
Place of Birth: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Melora Walters

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

Crooks

2026 · Blanche

Situations

2026 · Brianne

The Idea

2025

Where Are You

2022 · Edith

American Gigolo

2022 · Maryanne Henderson

Offseason

2022 · Ava Aldrich

The Accursed

2021 · Naida

Hard Luck Love Song

2021 · Gypsy Sally

Far More

2021 · Evie Flores

Pink Skies Ahead

2020 · Hayley

The Pale Door

2020 · Maria

Adeline, the Great

2019

Drowning

2019 · Rose, Director, Writer

Robert the Bruce

2019 · Ylfa

Beneath the Leaves

2019 · Rose

PEN15

2019 · Kathy Kone

In a Relationship

2018 · Mia Ziniti

The Amaranth

2018 · Lily Kendrick

The Lover in the Attic: A True Story

2018 · Director

Cam

2018 · Lynne

Venom

2018 · Homeless Woman Maria

FBI

2018 · Evelyn Adams

Waterlily Jaguar

2018 · Director, Writer, Producer

Doubting Thomas

2018 · Kate

Odious

2017 · Beatrice

The Lovers

2017 · Lucy

Good After Bad

2017 · Victoria Ackerman

The OA

2016 · Melody

Sugar Mountain

2016 · Tracey Huxley

Indiscretion

2016 · Dr. Harper

Sacrifice

2015 · Enid

Sex, Death and Bowling

2015 · Evie Flores

The Young Kieslowski

2014 · Barbara Kieslowski

Short Term 12

2013 · Dr. Hendler

Underdogs

2013 · Nancy Smith-Burkett

Lonely Boy

2013 · Betsy

Mary

2012 · Mary

The Master

2012 · Band (Voice)

Missing Pieces

2012 · Delia Greenly, Associate Producer

The River Murders

2011 · Agent Glover

Franklin & Bash

2011 · Joan Ackermann

Love Ranch

2010 · Janelle

Shit Year

2010 · Shelly

Case 219

2010 · Victoria Lash

Hurt

2009 · Helen Coltrane

The Mentalist

2008 · Amber

Black Crescent Moon

2008 · Katelan Beacon

Harrison Montgomery

2008 · Margo Fleming

Californication

2007 · Lisa

Brothers Three: An American Gothic

2007 · Loren

Big Love

2006 · Wanda Henrickson

Desperate Housewives

2004 · Sylvia Greene

The Butterfly Effect

2004 · Andrea Treborn

Cold Mountain

2003 · Lila

Melvin Goes to Dinner

2003 · Trenice (uncredited)

NCIS

2003 · Susan Elizabeth Lowe

Threat Matrix

2003 · Lia 'Lark' Larkin

Matchstick Men

2003 · Heather (uncredited)

The Big Empty

2003 · Candy

WiseGirls

2002 · Kate

Desert Saints

2002 · Bennie Harper

Speaking of Sex

2001 · Melinda

Rain

2001 · Ellen

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000 · Sage

That Moment: Magnolia Diary

2000 · Self

Magnolia

1999 · Claudia Wilson Gator

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 · Laurel Linwood

Twice Upon a Time

1998 · Alannah Merribone

L.A. Doctors

1998 · Felicity

Boogie Nights

1997 · Jessie St. Vincent

Brooklyn South

1997 · Carly

Hard Eight

1997 · Jimmy's Girl

Los Locos

1997 · Allison

American Strays

1996 · Cindy

Eraser

1996 · Darleen

Nash Bridges

1996 · Flo

Ed Wood

1994 · Secretary #2

Midnight Run for Your Life

1994 · Lorna Bellstratton

All Tied Up

1994 · Bliss

Dead Man's Revenge

1994 · Bunny

Cabin Boy

1994 · Trina

Twenty Bucks

1993 · The Stripper / Funeral Director

Bakersfield P.D.

1993 · Marnie Archer

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993 · Star

Telling Secrets

1993 · Karen Blake

America's Deadliest Home Video

1993 · Gloria, Camera Operator

Beethoven

1992 · Pet Shop Owner

Dream On

1990 · Dina

How to Murder a Millionaire

1990 · Ginger

Rude Awakening

1989 · Punky (uncredited)

Seinfeld

1989 · Jane

Dead Poets Society

1989 · Gloria

Roseanne

1988

Dear John

1988 · Maria

Staring at the Dark

1988

The Wonder Years

1988 · Waitress

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