Melina Kanakaredes

Melina Eleni Kanakaredes was born on the 23rd April 1967 Akron in Ohio to a Greek American family.
Melina graduated from Point Park College in Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in theatre arts.
Melina's first major role was in the daytime soap drama called Guiding Light. She played the part of Eleni Andros Spaulding Cooper.
Her appearances in film include The Long Kiss Goodnight as Trin and 15 Minutes as Nicolette Karas, the girlfriend of Robert De Niro's character.
Other television roles include: NYPD Blue (in a recurring role as reporter Benita Alden), Northern Exposure, Due South, Oz, The Practice, a cameo role in The Ben Stiller Show, and in an adaptation of Saint Maybe.
Her first most notable role was in the tv show called Providence, playing the lead part of Dr. Sydney Hansen. who wished to leave her glamorous job in Beverly Hills as a plastic surgeon for the rich, so she could return to her hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, and be with her family. She starred alongside Paula Cale, Seth Peterson, Mike Farrell and Concetta Tomei.
But Melina is most known as detective Stella Bonasera, a forensic investigator in CSI: NY - CSI - New York - Season 1 - Part 1, CSI - New York - Season 1 - Part 2, CSI - New York - Season 2 - Part 1, CSI - New York - Season 2 - Part 2, CSI - New York - Season 3 - Part 1, CSI - New York - Season 3 - Part 2, CSI - New York - Season 4 - Part 1, CSI - New York - Season 4 - Part 2, CSI - New York - Season 5 - Part 1 and CSI - New York - Season 5 - Part 2 opposite Gary Sinise, Anna Belknap, Robert Joy, Carmine Giovinazzo, Hill Harper and Eddie Cahill.

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CSI - New York - Season 5 - Part 1 (3 discs) on DVD (2008)
Starring: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo
Director: Rob Bailey, Fred Toye, Matt Earl Beesley
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You think you know them... Think again. In Season 5 of CSI: NY, secrets are revealed as we explore our characters in even more depth and tackle our toughest cases to date. Episodes comprise: 1. Veritas 2. Page Turner 3. Turbulance 4. Sex, Lies, and Silicone 5. The Cost of Living 6. ..read more »

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CSI - New York - Season 5 - Part 2 (3 discs) on DVD (2008)
Starring: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo
Director: Rob Bailey, Fred Toye, Matt Earl Beesley
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You think you know them... Think again. In Season 5 of CSI: NY, secrets are revealed as we explore our characters in even more depth and tackle our toughest cases to date. Episodes Comprise: 13. Rush To Judgement 14: She's Not There 15. The Party's Over 16. No Good Deed 17. Green Piece ..read more »

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CSI - New York - Season 3 - Part 2 (3 discs) on DVD (2007)
Starring: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo
Director: David Von Ancken, Scott Lautanen, Norberto Barba
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The latest spin-off series from C.S.I. in which New York forensic detectives employ the very latest hi-tech methods to catch criminals in the Big Apple... Episodes comprise: 13. Obsession 14. The Lying Game 15. Some Buried Bones 16. Heart of Glass 17. The Ride In 18. Sleight Out of ..read more »

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CSI - New York - Season 3 - Part 1 (3 discs) on DVD (2006)
Starring: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Vanessa Ferlito
Director: David Von Ancken, Scott Lautanen, Tim Iacofano
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The latest spin-off series from C.S.I. in which New York forensic detectives employ the very latest hi-tech methods to catch criminals in the Big Apple. Episodes comprise: 1. People With Money 2. Not What It Looks Like 3. Love Run Cold 4. Hung Out to Dry 5. Oedipus Hex 6. Open and Shut ..read more »

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CSI - New York - Season 2 - Part 2 (3 discs) on DVD (2006)
Starring: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo
Director: Rob Bailey, Kevin Dowling
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The New York branch of CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION sees the team trying to piece together vital clues that will assist in catching the bad guys. Series 2.2 introduces a raft of new characters and hard-hitting cases; from the expert skyscraper climber who plunged to his death while scaling the Empire ..read more »

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CSI - New York - Season 2 - Part 1 (3 discs) on DVD (2005)
Starring: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo
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The hit New York spin of the highly acclaimed Crime Scene Investigation returns for a second season. Episodes comprise: 1. Summer In The City 2. Grand Murder At Central Station 3. Zoo York 4. Corporate Warriors 5. Youngblood 6. Dancing With The Fishes 7. Manhattan Manhunt 8. Bad Beat ..read more »

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CSI - New York - Season 1 - Part 2 (3 discs) on DVD (2005)
Starring: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo
Director: Duane Clark, Emilio Estevez, David Von Ancken
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The latest spin-off series from C.S.I. in which New York forensic detectives employ the very latest hi-tech methods to catch criminals in the Big Apple. Episodes comprise: 13. Tanglewood 14. Blood, Sweat And Tears 15. 'Til Death Do We Part 16. Hush 17. The Fall 18. The Dove Commission ..read more »

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CSI - New York - Season 1 - Part 1 (3 discs) on DVD (2004)
Starring: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo
Director: Deran Sarafian, Tim Hunter, Rob Bailey
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The third edition of the "CSI" franchise sets up shop in the Big Apple, where taciturn Detective Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) and his partner, Detective Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes), lead a crime-solving team. Like his counterparts in Las Vegas and Miami, Taylor knows that people may lie, but ..read more »

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Providence (1999)
Starring: Melina Kanakaredes, Mike Farrell, Paula Cale
Director: Michael Fresco, Craig Zisk
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Dr. Sydney Hansen, a successful plastic surgeon in Hollywood, California, quits her private practice and returns to her hometown in Providence, Rhode Island after the sudden death of her controling, demanding mother Lynda, in order to keep her dyfunctional family together which a little help and ..read more »

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