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Melina Kanakaredes

  • Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, USA
  • Birthday: April 23, 1967

With her wavy brunette hair, piercing green eyes and expressive personality, Melina Kanakaredes has been winning fans since her 1991 breakout role as Greek immigrant Eleni Andros on CBS' daytime serial "Guiding Light". The Ohio-born former beauty contestant spent nearly five years playing the character who moved from wide-eyed innocent to more mature wife and mother, earning a Daytime Emmy nod along the way. Her talent and abilities transcended the genre and like others who began their days in daytime (e.g., Meg Ryan, Marisa Tomei…more

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Career Milestones

  • 2005

    Co-starred with Sean Patrick Flanery and JoBeth Williams in Michael Phelan's "Into the Fire"

  • 2004

    Starred opposite Gary Sinise in CBS's "CSI: New York," playing the show's lead female forensic investigator

  • 2000

    Co-starred with Robert De Niro in "15 Minutes", playing a TV journalist

  • 1999 to 0000

    Starred as a surgeon who returns to her New England home in the hit NBC series "Providence"

  • 1998

    Appeared in the feature "Dangerous Beauty/The Honest Courtesan"

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Awards

  • 2000

    TV Guide Award: Favorite Actress in a Drama

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