Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 18, 1983
Place of Birth:
Lexington, South Carolina, USA
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Wrenn Schmidt
Biography
Melinda Wrenn Schmidt (born February 18, 1983) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as NASA engineer, flight director, and later director of NASA Margo Madison in the Apple TV+ original science-fiction space drama series For All Mankind. Her other television roles include Julia Sagorsky in the period drama series Boardwalk Empire (2012–2013), KGB handler Kate in the spy drama series The Americans (2014), Dr Iris Campbell on the thriller series Person of Interest (2014–2016), and Megan Holter in the horror series Outcast (2016–2018).[5] Her film roles include the horror film Preservation (2014), the biographical drama I Saw the Light (2015), the war film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), the romantic comedy, The Good Catholic (2017), and the science-fiction horror film Nope (2022).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Starling Girl | Heidi Starling |
| 2022 | Nope | Amber Park |
| 2017 | The Good Catholic | Jane |
| 2016 | I Saw the Light | Bobbie Jett |
| 2016 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Becky Silva |
| 2014 | Preservation | Wit Neary |
| 2013 | How to Follow Strangers | Shelly |
| 2011 | Our Idiot Brother | Beth |
| Xeno | Linda | |
| Nuremberg | Elsie |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | For All Mankind | Margo Madison |
| 2018 | The Looming Tower | Diane Priest |
| 2016 | Outcast | Megan Holter |
| 2013 | The Americans | Kate |
| 2012 | Elementary | Cashier / Ellory |
| 2012 | Elementary | Ellory |
| 2011 | Person of Interest | Iris Campbell |
| 2011 | Body of Proof | Rena Talbot |
| 2011 | Unforgettable | Vicki Wilson |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | Anna Goodwin |
| 2010 | Boardwalk Empire | Julia Sagorsky |
| 2006 | 3 LBS | Female Student |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Jill Cariclia |