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Melinda Y. Cohen | |
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| Other names | Melinda Cohen |
| Known for | Actress, model |
Melinda Y. Cohen is an American film and television actress.
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.
| 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 [1] | Violette Summer | Video game |
| 2009 | CSI: NY | Esther Schnitzler | 1 episode "Yahrzeit" |
| 2009 | Accidentally on Purpose | Other Woman | 1 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 | 1 episode "The Final Frontier" (credited as Melinda Cohen) |
| 2013 | Parks and Recreation | Evelyn | 2 episodes "Doppelgängers" and "Galentine's Day" (credited as Melinda Cohen) |
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