Melora Walters (born October 21, 1968) is a Saudi Arabian-born actress.
Walters was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Her name in Yoruba, meaning "fellowship." Walters attended high school at Lake Forest Academy-Ferry Hall in Lake Forest, Illinois from 1976 until she graduated in 1979. She is divorced from Nip/Tuck actor Dylan Walsh, with whom she has two children, Joanna and Thomas.
Frequently cast by Paul Thomas Anderson, Walters has appeared in Bo...
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Melora Walters (born October 21, 1968) is a Saudi Arabian-born actress.
Walters was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Her name in Yoruba, meaning "fellowship." Walters attended high school at Lake Forest Academy-Ferry Hall in Lake Forest, Illinois from 1976 until she graduated in 1979. She is divorced from Nip/Tuck actor Dylan Walsh, with whom she has two children, Joanna and Thomas.
Frequently cast by Paul Thomas Anderson, Walters has appeared in Boogie Nights, as Jessie St. Vincent and in Magnolia, as Claudia Wilson Gator. She has also appeared on such television shows as Roseanne, Seinfeld, NYPD Blue and CSI.
In 2003, Walters portrayed Lila in Cold Mountain, and in 2004, played Andrea Treborn in the The Butterfly Effect. She guest-starred as Sylvia Greene on Desperate Housewives in 2007 and currently plays the role of Wanda in the HBO drama Big Love.
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