Melora Diane Hardin is an American actress and director. Known for her roles in the series "Thunder" and "Office". She managed to star in commercials, and in Disney films, and in drama series, and in hit art films. In films and on television, she played more than 125 roles.
They perceive Melora Hardin only as Jen Levinson, the heroine of “The Office” of NBC channel, are very surprised when they find out that their idol has not been in the show business for decades. Melor did not get into the cult project "Back to the Future" just because of an unfortunate misunderstanding: the pretender for the role turned out to be higher than her future partner.
Film career
And not the only facet of her talent was television and film. The performer has already tried her hand in the role of director, is popular as a singer and poetess. She managed to gain fame as an unusually successful comedian. Especially the actress succeeds in the parody genre.
Hardin has her own website, which she maintains. Artistic talent Melora Diane inherited from her parents. She was born in a creative family. Famous actor Jerry Hardin is her father. The mother of the future celebrity was Diane Hill Hardin, a former actress, now a teacher of acting.
The girl was born in Houston on June 29, 1967. Together with the child, the family moved to San Francisco. Education, the future famous performer received in one of the most prestigious educational institutions in New York. The artistic debut of the baby took place at the age of six.
An early job was advertising toothpaste, very popular at the time. With ten, Melora, along with other children, took part in the work on the Cliffwood Avenue Kids children's program. Usually showed shows on weekdays, at the beginning of the evening.
In the seventies, the future celebrity starred in a whole series of pilot projects of not too successful episodes of series. Criticism spoke very highly of the work of the young artist. For the first time the girl hit the movie set at eleven.
She was offered in the comedy "The North Avenue Irregulars". The director of the picture was the creator of "Heroes of Hogan" Bruce Bilson, and the girl's partners were Cloris Lichman and Susan Clark. The film debut took place in 1972. The heroine of the novice performer was Amy Warner in the television series "ABC Afterschool Specials".
Way to success
The successful premiere was followed by less noticeable characters, but the films of the eighties and nineties, in which the aspiring actress participated, were quite large. Melora got used to give all the best.
Therefore, the high class of her game was immediately noticeable. One perplexed performer: at the box office all the pictures invariably failed. The happy exception in 1991 was the Disney movie "Rocketeer."
Melora got a good heroine and a number of songs. The soundtrack of the film greatly benefited from its performance. In 1997, the actress starred in the crime thriller Absolute Power by Clint Eastwood. Almost immediately, work with Aaron Eckhard on "They Smoke Here" followed.
Most of all, the actress excelled in television. She was very successful in small roles, for a maximum of a couple of episodes. The greatest success was achieved by a comedy project with her participation on the NBC channel.
In the multi-part project "Office", the everyday life of an ordinary office is considered. It is managed by Michael Scott, who was superbly played by Steve Carella, a good-natured, but incredibly uncouth and very lonely person. Hardin got the character Jen Levinson.
The behavior of a cold-blooded and sensible employee confronts the madness of the authorities. Viewers ranked the television series with the title of the funniest channel project since Seinfeld. Melora received a new surge in popularity.
Private life
The girl did not stop there and continued shooting. She constantly raises an artistic level. Hardin led the regional production of the solo performance "Strip Search" by her friend Adria Tenor.
The colorful tragicomedy tells the story of a woman who was engaged in the search for her destiny and inner essence. The creative journey was a complete success: the seeker discovered her vocation. It turned out to be a striptease.
Hardin became Celia in the cult TV series Friends. In 2002, she got Trudy Monk in the film "The Defective Detective." In 2004, a new project was released with the participation of Boston Lawyers. Melora then performed in 2009 in the role of cameraman and director in the project "You".
The script was written by the spouse of actress Gildart Jackson. Together with Hardin and her parents, he played the main role. The actress took place in her personal life.
Married to Gildart Jackson, screenwriter, Melora since 1997. She has a wonderful family. Two daughters grow in it. At the end of September 2001, the first child was born, Rory Melora Jackson, and in 2005 she had a sister, Quincy.
