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

• 2026Crooks — Blanche
• 2026Situations — Brianne
• 2025The Idea
• American Gigolo — Maryanne Henderson
• 2022Offseason — Ava Aldrich
• 2022Where Are You — Edith
• 2021Far More — Evie Flores
• 2021Hard Luck Love Song — Gypsy Sally
• 2021The Accursed — Naida
• 2020Pink Skies Ahead — Hayley
• 2020The Pale Door — Maria
• 2019Adeline, the Great
• 2019Beneath the Leaves — Rose
• 2019Drowning — Rose, Director, Writer
• PEN15 — Kathy Kone
• 2019Robert the Bruce — Ylfa
• 2018Cam — Lynne
• 2018Doubting Thomas — Kate
• FBI — Evelyn Adams
• 2018In a Relationship — Mia Ziniti
• 2018The Amaranth — Lily Kendrick
• 2018The Lover in the Attic: A True Story — Director
• 2018Venom — Homeless Woman Maria
• 2018Waterlily Jaguar — Director, Writer, Producer
• 2017Good After Bad — Victoria Ackerman
• 2017Odious — Beatrice
• 2017The Lovers — Lucy
• 2016Indiscretion — Harper
• 2016Sugar Mountain — Tracey Huxley
• The OA — Melody
• 2015Sacrifice — Enid
• 2015Sex, Death and Bowling — Evie Flores
• 2014The Young Kieslowski — Barbara Kieslowski
• 2013Lonely Boy — Betsy
• 2013Short Term 12 — Dr. Hendler
• 2013Underdogs — Nancy Smith-Burkett
• 2012Mary — Mary
• 2012Missing Pieces — Delia Greenly, Associate Producer
• 2012The Master — Band (Voice)
• Franklin & Bash — Joan Ackermann
• 2011The River Murders — Agent Glover
• 2010Case 219 — Victoria Lash
• 2010Love Ranch — Janelle
• 2010Shit Year — Shelly
• 2009Hurt — Helen Coltrane
• 2008Black Crescent Moon — Katelan Beacon
• 2008Harrison Montgomery — Margo Fleming
• The Mentalist — Amber
• 2007Brothers Three: An American Gothic — Loren
• Californication — Lisa
• Big Love — Wanda Henrickson
• Desperate Housewives — Sylvia Greene
• 2004The Butterfly Effect — Andrea Treborn
• 2003Cold Mountain — Lila
• 2003Matchstick Men — Heather (uncredited)
• 2003Melvin Goes to Dinner — Trenice (uncredited)
• NCIS — Susan Elizabeth Lowe
• 2003The Big Empty — Candy
• Threat Matrix — Lia 'Lark' Larkin
• 2002Desert Saints — Bennie Harper
• 2002WiseGirls — Kate
• 2001Rain — Ellen
• 2001Speaking of Sex — Melinda
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Sage
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Laurel Linwood
• 1999Magnolia — Claudia Wilson Gator
• L.A. Doctors — Felicity
• 1998Twice Upon a Time — Alannah Merribone
• 1997Boogie Nights — Jessie St. Vincent
• Brooklyn South — Carly
• 1997Hard Eight — Jimmy's Girl
• 1997Los Locos — Allison
• 1996American Strays — Cindy
• 1996Eraser — Darleen
• Nash Bridges — Flo
• 1994All Tied Up — Bliss
• 1994Cabin Boy — Trina
• 1994Dead Man's Revenge — Bunny
• 1994Ed Wood — Secretary #2
• 1994Midnight Run for Your Life — Lorna Bellstratton
• 1993America's Deadliest Home Video — Gloria, Camera Operator
• Bakersfield P.D. — Marnie Archer
• 1993Telling Secrets — Karen Blake
• 1993Twenty Bucks — Stripper / Funeral Director
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Star
• 1992Beethoven — Pet Shop Owner
• Dream On — Dina
• 1990How to Murder a Millionaire — Ginger
• 1989Dead Poets Society — Gloria
• 1989Rude Awakening — Punky (uncredited)
• Seinfeld — Jane
• Dear John — Maria
• Roseanne
• 1988Staring at the Dark
• The Wonder Years — Waitress
• They Follow

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2000That Moment: Magnolia Diary — Self