| Net Worth: | $4 Million |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: | June 29, 1967 (56 years old) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Profession: | Acting Coach, Actor, Singer |
| Nationality: | American |
What are Melora Hardin’s net worth and earnings?
Melora Hardin Net Worth: Melora Hardin is an American actress, singer, director, and producer who has a net worth of $4 million. Hardin starred on the NBC series “Thunder” (1977–1978) as a child, and she is best known for playing Jan Levinson on NBC’s “The Office” (2005–2013), Trudy Monk on the USA Network’s “Monk” (2004–2009), and Jacqueline Carlyle on Freeform’s “The Bold Type” (2017–present). Melora has more than 110 acting credits to her name, including the films “The Hot Chick” (2002), “The Comebacks” (2007), and “17 Again” (2009) and the TV series “Cover Me” (2000–2001) and “Transparent” (2014–2019). She directed, produced, and starred in the 2009 film “You,” and she directed a 2020 episode of “The Bold Type.” Hardin played Roxie Hart in a Broadway production of “Chicago” (2008–2009) and Fantine in “Les Misérables” at the Hollywood Bowl (2008), and she has released the albums “The Meloradrama” (2008), “PURR” (2008), and “All The Way To Mars” (2010).
Career
Career: Hardin made her television debut in a two-part episode of “Police Story” in 1976, then she starred as Cindy Prescott on “Thunder” from 1977 to 1978. Her first feature film was 1978’s “The North Avenue Irregulars,” and that year she also guest-starred on “The Love Boat.” In the early 1980s, Melora appeared in the TV movies “Haywire” (1980) and “Little House: Look Back to Yesterday” (1983), was a series regular on the CBS series “Secrets of Midland Heights” (1980–1981), and guest-starred on “Diff’rent Strokes” (1980), “Little House on the Prairie” (1981), “Quincy, M.E.” (1982), and “Magnum, P.I.” (1983). She appeared in the films “Iron Eagle” (1986), “Soul Man” (1986), and “Big Man on Campus” (1989), and she played a South Seas singer in the 1991 Disney movie “The Rocketeer.” Hardin played Frances “Baby” Kellerman in the “Dirty Dancing” TV series (1988–1989), then she guest-starred on “Quantum Leap” (1992), “Murder, She Wrote” (1994), “Matlock” (1994), “Friends” (1995), and “Diagnosis: Murder” (1995; 1999). She co-starred with Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman in 1997’s “Absolute Power” and played the mother of Rachel McAdams in 2002’s “The Hot Chick.”
Personal Life
Personal Life: Melora married actor Gildart Jackson on June 4, 1997. They have two daughters, Rory Melora (born in 2001) and Piper Quincy (born in 2005), and Hardin chose to give birth at home. She told “American Baby” magazine, “I wanted to have a completely natural birth. Everybody feels really safe and comfortable somewhere, and for me it wasn’t at the hospital.”
Quotes
“I feel like I have an amazing support team, between my husband and my nanny and my parents, who are very involved with my kids. I also have an incredible creative team with my manager, agent and publicist.”
— Melora Hardin
“I have a tape recorder, and I just sing into it. I like to write that way. Sometimes I’ll just get melodic ideas, and then I’ll go home and sit down and add the lyrics. Or sometimes I’ll get a lyric idea that I love. Usually it’s pretty combined. Usually I get some kind of a lyrical concept and a melody and work with that.”
— Melora Hardin
“I really believe that every character comes from the well of the artist.”
— Melora Hardin
“I’ve been dancing all my life and studied at Joffrey Ballet when I was 13 and singing all my life.”
— Melora Hardin
“I love being a mommy, and I love being an artist, and I love being a singer and an actress and making a movie – all that stuff I feel very passionate about, so I have a lot of energy for it.”
— Melora Hardin