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Melissa Sagemiller

Melissa Sagemiller

Birthday: 1974-06-01 | Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2014
The Santa Con

as    Carol Guthrie

2013
All I Want for Christmas

as    Elizabeth Watson

2008
Raising the Bar

as    Michelle Earnhardt

2007
Mr. Woodcock

as    Tracy

2006
The Guardian

as    Emily Thomas

2005
Sleeper Cell

as    Gayle Bishop

2004
The Clearing

as    Jill Hayes

2004
Love Object

as    Lisa Bellmer

2002
Sorority Boys

as    Leah

2001
Get Over It

as    Allison McAllister

2001
Soul Survivors

as    Cassie