| Melora Walters | ||
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| Character Laurel Linwood | ||
| Date of birth 21 October 1960 | ||
| Place of birth Dhahran, Saudi Arabia | ||
| IMDb profile |
Melora Walters (born October 21, 1960 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) is an actress who guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the episode "Something Happened" as Laurel Linwood.
She has appeared in films such as Magnolia, The Butterfly Effect, Dead Poets Society (with Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Charles, and James Waterston), and The Lovers (with Debra Winger). She also starred on the TV shows Big Love (with Chloë Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Amanda Seyfried) and PEN15.
She was the first wife of actor Dylan Walsh from 1996 to 2003 and they have two children: Thomas Walsh (born in 1996) and Joanna Walsh (born in 1997). She married cinematographer Alex Vendler on June 21, 2008. She filed for divorce in 2010.