Melinda Page Hamilton has joined the Amazon Original series The Peripheral as a series regular. In it, she plays Ella Fisher, Chloe Grace Moretz and Jack Raynor's mother, whose body has betrayed her, yet her mind is sharp as a tack. Most recently, she was a series regular on the hit Netflix series Messiah. She starred opposite Michelle Monaghan and John Ortiz. In it, she plays Anna Iguero, the daughter of a wealthy mega Church pastor (Beau Bridges), who, years after living a life of hardship of being married to a small-town pastor (Oritz), questions her faith. Other series regular roles include USA's Damnation, where she played Connie Nunn, a 1930's government detective with a murderous agenda, and Lifetime's Devious Maids, in which she played the Russian housekeeper Odessa. She has had many memorable recurring roles on hit shows, including AMC's Emmy Award-winning Mad Men, as Anna Dra
Melinda Page Hamilton has joined the Amazon Original series The Peripheral as a series regular. In it, she plays Ella Fisher, Chloe Grace Moretz and Jack Raynor's mother, whose body has betrayed her, yet her mind is sharp as a tack. Most recently, she was a series regular on the hit Netflix series Messiah. She starred opposite Michelle Monaghan and John Ortiz. In it, she plays Anna Iguero, the daughter of a wealthy mega Church pastor (Beau Bridges), who, years after living a life of hardship of being married to a small-town pastor (Oritz), questions her faith. Other series regular roles include USA's Damnation, where she played Connie Nunn, a 1930's government detective with a murderous agenda, and Lifetime's Devious Maids, in which she played the Russian housekeeper Odessa. She has had many memorable recurring roles on hit shows, including AMC's Emmy Award-winning Mad Men, as Anna Draper; the HBO series Big Love as JJ's wife Malinda; the acclaimed Sundance Channel show Rectify; The CW show Frequency, and as a sexy nun Sister Mary Bernard in ABC's Desperate Housewives. A theatre veteran, Hamilton recently starred opposite Kevin Bacon in the Hartford Stage production of Rear Window. She played the lead in the Ahmanson production of The Royal Family. She starred in several plays at The Old Globe Theatre, including the title role of Cornelia in the original play by Big Love creator Mark V. Olson. Her other credits include Modern Family, True Blood, True Detective, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, The Mentalist, Nip/Tuck, The Closer, Criminal Minds and many more. She was also the star of Bobcat Goldthwait's comedy feature, Sleeping Dogs Lie, which was selected in the main drama competition at the Sundance Film Festival.
She resides in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.
