Melora Hardin
Biography
Melora Hardin is an American actress and singer whose career began in childhood, on the television series Thunder. Born in Houston, she was raised in San Francisco from the age of five and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. Early screen roles included Soul Man (1986), Lambada (1990) and Absolute Power (1997). She became known for playing Trudy Monk on Monk, Jan Levinson on The Office and Tammy Cashman on Transparent, a role that earned her a Primetime Emmy nomination. She starred as Lorelai in Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009), appeared in 17 Again (2009), and played Jacqueline Carlyle on The Bold Type from 2017 to 2021. Her Broadway debut came in 2008, as Roxie Hart in Chicago, and in 2024 she took the part of Francine Blake in the Broadway play McNeal.
59years old
Turns 60 on June 29in 254 days
- Born Houston
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Melora Diane Hardin
Movie Career
- Films
- 26
- Career span
- 44 years1979 to 2023
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A role that slipped away
Hardin was originally cast as Jennifer Parker in Back to the Future alongside Eric Stoltz, but after Stoltz was fired and replaced by Michael J. Fox, she was deemed too tall to star opposite Fox and was replaced by Claudia Wells.
Beyond film
Hardin's Broadway debut came on December 29, 2008, playing Roxie Hart in the revival of Chicago: The Musical. Her run in the production ended on February 12, 2009.
First role
Hardin's first acting job was as the young star of Thunder, a television series that aired from 1977 to 1978. She has since appeared in more than 70 movies and television programs.
Beyond film
In 2024, Hardin was the first to play Francine Blake on Broadway in McNeal, a play by Ayad Akhtar with Robert Downey Jr. The limited engagement opened on September 30, 2024 and lasted 53 performances.
Melora Hardin movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Tom Brady directed two of these films. Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Matthew Lawrence's page
All films by Tom Brady
Also two films together2 more actors
- Rebecca CreskoffI Melt with You (2011) and Knucklehead (2010)
- Gildart JacksonZombie Hamlet (2012) and You (2009)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Melora Hardin's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$679 million
11 of the 26 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 26 films: 11 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 9 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 9Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 95% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$160M23.6% of the total
- 2$156M22.9% of the total
- 3$136M20.1% of the total
- 4$55M8.1% of the total
- 5$50M7.4% of the total
- 6$35M5.2% of the total
- 7$32M4.7% of the total
- 8$24M3.6% of the total
$30.9 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 5% of the total