Latest Update: Melinda Clarke in Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

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What Is Melinda Clarke's Net Worth?

Melinda Clarke is an American actress who has a net worth of $4 million. Clarke is best known for playing Faith Taylor on "Days of Our Lives" (1989–1990), Lady Heather on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2001–2011; 2015), Julie Cooper on "The O.C." (2003–2007), and Helen "Amanda" Collins on "Nikita" (2010–2013). Melinda has more than 50 acting credits to her name, including the films "Return of the Living Dead 3" (1993), "Mulholland Falls" (1996), and "Spawn" (1997) and the television series "Heaven Help Us" (1994), "Soldier of Fortune, Inc." (1997–1999), "The District" (2002–2003), "Entourage" (2005–2011), "The Vampire Diaries" (2010; 2017), and "Vegas" (2013).

In 2021, Clarke began co-hosting "The O.C" rewatch podcast "Welcome to the OC, Bitches!" withRachel Bilson, who played Summer Roberts on the teen drama. In August 2021, "Bustle" included "Welcome to the OC, Bitches!" on its "7 Top Celebrity Podcasts You Should Subscribe To Right Now" list. Melinda has also lent her voice to the video games "Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma" (2003) and "Nikita: Codebreaker" (2012) and appeared in theBryan Adams' music video "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"(1995). In August 2005, she was ranked #5 on "TV Guide's" list of "TV's Top Ten Scene Stealers."

Early Life

Melinda Clarke was born Melinda Patrice Clarke on April 24, 1969, in Dana Point, California. Melinda is the daughter of actor John Clarke and ballet dancer Patricia Clarke, and she has a brother named Joshua. Sadly, her sister, Heidi, died of a malignant heart tumor in 1994. John, who passed away in 2019, appeared in more than 30 film and television projects and played Mickey Horton on "Days of Our Lives" from 1965 to 2004. He earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for the role in 1979 and received the Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. Clarke attended Dana Hills High School, where she was a member of the drama club and performed in school plays. Melinda also studied voice and is a trained soprano. She moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career full-time after graduating from high school.

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Career

From 1989 to 1990, Clarke played Faith Taylor on the NBC soap opera "Days of Our Lives." Her father was one of the show's seven original main cast members, and Melinda appeared in 130 episodes. She guest-starred on "Jake and the Fatman" in 1991, then she appeared in the films "Hot Under the Collar" (1992), "Out for Blood" (1992), and "Young Goodman Brown" (1993). Clarke starred as Julie Walker in the 1993 zombie movie "Return of the Living Dead 3," which earned her a "Fangoria" Chainsaw Award, and in 1994, she guest-starred on "TheGeorge CarlinShow" and played Lexy Monroe on the syndicated series "Heaven Help Us." The fantasy series was executive produced byAaron Spellingand also starredJohn SchneiderandRicardo Montalbán. Melinda appeared in the films "Return to Two Moon Junction" (1995) and "Killer Tongue" (1996), and she played a cigarette girl in 1996's "Mulholland Falls," which starredNick Nolte,Melanie Griffith,Chazz Palminteri,Michael Madsen, andChris Penn. In 1997, Clarke played two roles that would result in action figures being made of her: Jessica Priest in the superhero film "Spawn" and Velasca on the TV series "Xena: Warrior Princess" (a role she played in just two episodes). That year she also appeared in the film "Critics and Other Freaks" and the TV movie "Soldier of Fortune" and guest-starred on "Nash Bridges," "Seinfeld," and "Sliders." From 1997 to 1999, Melinda starred as Margo Vincent on the syndicated action-adventure series "Soldier of Fortune, Inc.," which ran for 37 episodes.

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