Melina Kanakaredes

This stunning, curly-haired actress spent five years on the daytime soap Guiding Light before jumping in to prime time 1995 with a recurring role as an ambitious journalist on NYPD Blue. A few short-l...
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BirthDate
BirthPlace
04/22/1967
Akron, OH
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After being crowned Miss Columbus, was first runner-up in the 1986 Miss Ohio pageant.
Began performing in community theater at age 8.
Still an avid swimmer, competed on the synchronized swim team while attending Ohio State University.
Named one of People magazine's Most Beautiful People in the World in 1999.
Food factors heavily into her life; her family still runs a candy store in Akron, OH, and her husband is a chef and restaurateur.