Melissa Sagemiller
Known For
Acting
Born
1974-06-01 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Melissa Sagemiller (born June 1, 1974, height 5' 6" (1,68 m)) is an American television and film actress. Sagemiller was born in Washington, D.C. to a political activist mother and a professional American football player father, who played in the NFL for the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins. She attended Georgetown Day School. Her entry into the performing arts was at age 3 when she began studying tap dance, ballet, jazz dance and modern dance. She made her stage debut in To Kill a Mockingbird when she was 9 years old, and soon after she became a regular on her local stage. At 14, however, acting took a backseat to modeling after Sagemiller was scouted by Eileen Ford in a jewelry shop. She eventually left modeling to take an undergraduate degree in Art History at the University of Virginia. Shortly after graduation, she decided to return to acting full-time, and studied at the Stella Adler Conservatory, New York University's Stonestreet Studio and at Michael Howard Studios. Sagemiller appeared in Movieline magazine in August 2001. In November 2001, Sagemiller appeared in Gear magazine. In early career, she starred on number of teen films, like Get Over It and Sorority Boys, and was lead actress in 2002 box office bomb thriller Soul Survivors. On television, Sagemiller portrayed the character Michelle Ernhardt in the TNT series Raising the Bar from 2008 to 2009. After that series was cancelled, Sagemiller joined Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in a recurring role as ADA Gillian Hardwicke. She replaced Paula Patton when Patton departed the series after just one episode. Sagemiller was featured in ten episodes of the 12th season of SVU. She was replaced in the 13th season by Stephanie March and Diane Neal. In 2013, she was cast as female lead on Chicago Fire spinoff Chicago PD,but later left from show.
Most Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Becky Sorenson
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Gillian Hardwicke
Chicago Fire
as Detective Julia Willhite
Chicago P.D.
as Detective Julia Willhite
Person of Interest
as Sandra Nicholson
Without a Trace
as Carmen Kane
Eleventh Hour
as Sofia Lyons
Mr. Woodcock
as Tracy
Raising the Bar
as Michelle Earnhardt
Sleeper Cell
as Gayle Bishop
The Guardian
as Emily Thomas
Sorority Boys
as Leah
Get Over It
as Allison McAllister
The Clearing
as Jill Hayes
Soul Survivors
as Cassie
Love Object
as Lisa Bellmer
Standing Still
as Samantha
All I Want for Christmas
as Elizabeth Watson
The Santa Con
as Carol Guthrie
Life on the Ledge
as Claire