About
Melinda Wrenn Schmidt (born February 18, 1983) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as NASA engineer, flight director, and later director of NASA Margo Madison in the Apple TV+ original science-fiction space drama series For All Mankind. Her other television roles include Julia Sagorsky in the period drama series Boardwalk Empire (2012–2013), KGB handler Kate in the spy drama series The Americans (2014), Dr Iris Campbell on the thriller series Person of Interest (2014–2016), and Megan Holter in the horror series Outcast (2016–2018).[5] Her film roles include the horror film Preservation (2014), the biographical drama I Saw the Light (2015), the war film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), the romantic comedy, The Good Catholic (2017), and the science-fiction horror film Nope (2022).
Known for
Law & OrderSeries • 1990
Blue BloodsSeries • 2010
Person of InterestSeries • 2011
ElementarySeries • 2012
For All MankindSeries • 2019
UnforgettableSeries • 2011
The AmericansSeries • 2013
Boardwalk EmpireSeries • 2010
Body of ProofSeries • 2011
NopeMovie • 2022
AccusedSeries • 2023
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of BenghaziMovie • 2016
OutcastSeries • 2016
NurembergMovie • 2025
TyrantSeries • 2014
The Looming TowerSeries • 2018
MercySeries • 2009
SweetbitterSeries • 2018
Our Idiot BrotherMovie • 2011
The Starling GirlMovie • 2023
I Saw the LightMovie • 2016
XenoMovie • 2025
PreservationMovie • 2014
The Good CatholicMovie • 2017