Melinda Y. Cohen

Melinda Y. Cohen is an American film and television actress.

Background

Cohen was born in Stony Brook, New York and at the age of 5, moved to Hamburg in Germany, her mother's home country. She returned to New York when she was 10 and later moved to Boston where she joined improv groups at Tufts University. She returned to Germany when she was 19, to study Cologne's Film Acting School where she got her debut acting in Smoqing, a short film by Daryush Shokof.

Filmography

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2007

Smoqing

Melinda

Short film

2008

Perfect Hideout

Celia

2008

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Dead Girl

Video game

2009

Velvet Assassin

Violette Summer

Video game

2009

CSI: NY

Esther Schnitzler

Episode: "Yahrzeit"

2009

Accidentally on Purpose

Other Woman

Episode: "Pilot"

2010

Incendiary

Mimi

2011

To Live and Dine in L.A.

Simone

Short film

2011

Oil Slick

Short film

2011

Expulsion

Mary

Short film

2011

Chillerama

Anne Frank

Segment "The Diary Of Anne Frankenstein")

2011

Austin High

Lambert

2011

Paranormal Whacktivity

The Professional

2012

Into the Dark

Penny

2012

Castle

Lt. Chloe Preston

Episode: "The Final Frontier" (credited as Melinda Cohen)

2013

Parks and Recreation

Evelyn

2 episodes "Doppelgängers" and "Galentine's Day" (credited as Melinda Cohen)

2014

Delirium

Lena's Mother

Television film

2015

The Pinhole Affect

Jill Stone

Short film

2015

Ever Eve

Young Evelyn

Short film

2015

The Painter

New Neighbor

Short film

2015

Sympathy, Said the Shark

Lara

2015

Rosewood

Angela York

Episode: "Fashionistas and Fasciitis"

2016

The Hotel Barclay

Cindy

Episode: "The Good Companion"

2016

Shameless

Georgia

Episode: "Going Once, Going Twice"

2017

New Mommies

Margeaux

Episode: "Karl's Dong"

2019

Little Black Lie

Gabby