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Melina Kanakaredes

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Birth Name: Melina Eleni Kanakaredes

Age: 58, born 23 April 1967

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United States

Height: 5' 7"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Peter Constantinides


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Description: Melina Kanakaredes [ Born: Melina Eleni Kanakaredes on April 23, 1967 in Akron, Ohio ] is an Actress, Director and Writer. Kanakaredes starred for five seasons as "Dr. Sydney Hansen" on the NBC-TV's critically acclaimed series Providence (1999-2002). For her performance, Melina received the 2000 TV Guide Award for Favorite Actress in a Drama (as voted by more than one million TV viewers) and was nominated for the same award in 2001. In 2003, she gave birth to her second child, took to the stage as "Sally Bowles" in the Broadway play Cabaret and shot the indie film Into the Fire (2005), which will debut at th Melina Kanakaredes [ Born: Melina Eleni Kanakaredes on April 23, 1967 in Akron, Ohio ] is an Actress, Director and Writer. Kanakaredes starred for five seasons as "Dr. Sydney Hansen" on the NBC-TV's critically acclaimed series Providence (1999-2002). For her performance, Melina received the 2000 TV Guide Award for Favorite Actress in a Drama (as voted by more than one million TV viewers) and was nominated for the same award in 2001. In 2003, she gave birth to her second child, took to the stage as "Sally Bowles" in the Broadway play Cabaret and shot the indie film Into the Fire (2005), which will debut at the 2004 Tribecca Film Festival. In the fall of 2004, she will return to television in the much anticipated CBS series CSI: NY (2004-2010) opposite Gary Sinise.

In 2001, she appeared on the big screen co-starring opposite Robert De Niro in the film 15 Minutes (2001). Other film credits include Rounders (1998), Dangerous Beauty (1998) and The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996). In the same year, she became a celebrity spokesperson for Maybelline as featured in their national television and print campaigns.

Melina Kanakaredes is a second-generation Greek-American who was born and raised in Akron, Ohio. Her love of musical theater, especially the work of Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera, inspired her as a child. She began performing locally; singing with her sisters and making her acting debut at age eight in the community theater production of "Tom Sawyer".

Kanakaredes attended Ohio State University to study music, dance and theater, later transferring to Point Park College in Pittsburgh. She appeared in commercials, industrial films and on stage at the Pittsburgh Playhouse and Pittsburgh Public Theater. Upon graduation, Kanakaredes moved to New York City where she supported her acting dreams by working in off-Broadway plays.

Kanakaredes' previous television credits include a recurring role as Jimmy Smits' reporter-girlfriend in NYPD Blue (1993). She starred in the drama series New York News (1995) and Leaving L.A. (1997) and guest-starred on The Practice (1997) and Oz (1997). She also received two Emmy nominations for her work on Guiding Light (1952).

Away from the set, Kanakaredes enjoys, reading, swimming, working out with the Pilates system, traveling (especially to Greece), listening to James Taylor, and is a sports fan of the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Bulls. She lives with her family in Los Angeles.


Television

A promotional photograph of Melina Kanakaredes as Stella Bonasera from the CBS television show CSI: NY
Kanakaredes's first television role was on the daytime drama Guiding Light, originating the role of Eleni Andros Spaulding Cooper from 1991 to 1995. She was nominated twice for a Daytime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Eleni.

Her most high-profile roles on television were as the series protagonist Dr. Sydney Hansen on Providence, which ran for five seasons between 1999 and 2002, and as Det. Stella Bonasera on the CBS drama series CSI: NY. Kanakaredes left CSI: NY in 2010, after six seasons on the program.

Her other television credits include NYPD Blue (in a recurring role as reporter Benita Alden during that show's second season), Northern Exposure, Due South, Oz, The Practice, MTV's The Ben Stiller Show, and a Hallmark Hall of Fame adaptation of the Anne Tyler novel Saint Maybe.

Film

Kanakaredes's film appearances include The Long Kiss Goodnight as Trin and 15 Minutes as Nicolette Karas, the girlfriend of Robert De Niro's character. She was considered for the lead role in My Big Fat Greek Wedding but had to turn it down due to her pregnancy.She played the role of the Greek Goddess Athena in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.
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2. Rounders (1998)
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