Nikita

MELINDA CLARKE
as AMANDA

Melinda Clarke stars as Amanda, a master manipulator who has assumed control of Division, in The CW's drama "Nikita."

Clarke is most well-known for her role as the materialistic and conniving Julie Cooper in "The O.C." She also recently appeared in "The Vampire Diaries" and "Entourage."

Clarke has spent a career playing out-of-the-norm characters, including roles on "CSI-Crime Scene Investigation." She gained cult status around the world for film roles such as Jessica Priest in "Spawn" and Velasca on "Zena: Warrior Princess."

Clarke's feature credits include "Mulholland Falls," "Young Goodman Brown," "Cold Sweat," "Murder.com," "Critic's Choice," "Return of the Living Dead," "Hot Under the Collar" and "The Killer Tongue."

Clarke began her career as a series regular on "Days of Our Lives." Other television credits include Jerry Bruckheimer's "Special Ops Force," Aaron Spelling's "Heaven Help Us," "Seinfeld," "Nash Bridges," "First Monday," "Xena," "Sliders," "Likely Suspects," "The George Carlin Show" and "Strangeluck."

Clarke has an extensive musical theatre background that includes roles in "The Music Man," "Oklahoma," "West Side Story," "The Sound of Music," "Hello Dolly" and "The Fantastiks." Her dramatic stage credits include the critically-acclaimed "Vicious," "The Elephant Man," "Lie of the Mind" and "Dark of the Moon."