Mel Harris
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Mel Harris (born July 12, 1957 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is an American actress. She plays Sylvia Capshaw on the MyNetworkTV limited-run serial Saints & Sinners.
Christened Mary Ellen Harris, she attended high school in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She is perhaps best known for her role as Hope Murdoch Steadman on the popular 1980s television show, thirtysomething (1987-1991). During that time, in 1989, Harper's Bazaar named her one of "America's 10 Most Beautiful Women". From 1996-1998, she starred with Jere Burns in the NBC sitcom Something So Right.
In addition, Harris has appeared in a number of television programs including The West Wing, Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest, Dawson's Creek, Touched by an Angel and House. She had a recurring role on Stargate SG-1 as Oma Desala. She appeared as a contestant on the $100,000 Pyramid game show before she found success as an actress.
Harris has been married five times: to David Silbergeld, Brian Kilclinic, photographer David Hume Kennerly (by whom she has a son), actor Cotter Smith (by whom she has a daughter) and investment banker Michael Toomey. Harris and Toomey were married in 2001, but she filed for divorce on October 3, 2006.
