
Acting · Lexington, South Carolina, USA · Born February 18, 1983
Melinda Wrenn Schmidt (born February 18, 1983) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as NASA engineer, flight director, and later director of NASA Margo Madison in the Apple TV+ original science-fiction space drama series For All Mankind. Her other television roles include Julia Sagorsky in the period drama series Boardwalk Empire (2012–2013), KGB handler Kate in the spy drama series The Americans (2014), Dr Iris Campbell on the thriller series Person of Interest (2014–2016), and Megan Holter in the horror series Outcast (2016–2018).[5] Her film roles include the horror film Preservation (2014), the biographical drama I Saw the Light (2015), the war film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), the romantic comedy, The Good Catholic (2017), and the science-fiction horror film Nope (2022).
MovieImprint
2026
as Flora
MovieNuremberg
2025
as Elsie Douglas
MovieXeno
2025
as Linda
MovieStitches
2025
as Gillian
MovieThe Starling Girl
2023
as Heidi Starling
MovieNope
2022
as Amber Park
TVFor All Mankind
2019
as Margo Madison
TVThe Looming Tower
2018
as Diane Priest
MovieThe Good Catholic
2017
as Jane
TVOutcast
2016
as Megan Holter
MovieI Saw the Light
2016
as Bobbie Jett
Movie13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2016
as Becky Silva
MoviePreservation
2014
as Wit Neary
MovieHow to Follow Strangers
2013
as Shelly
TVThe Americans
2013
as Kate
TVElementary
2012
as Cashier / Ellory
TVPerson of Interest
2011
as Iris Campbell
TVUnforgettable
2011
as Vicki Wilson
MovieOur Idiot Brother
2011
as Beth
TVBody of Proof
2011
as Rena Talbot
TVBlue Bloods
2010
as Anna Goodwin
TVBoardwalk Empire
2010
as Julia Sagorsky
TV3 lbs
2006
as Female Student
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Jill Cariclia