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Wrenn Schmidt Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1983-02-18

Birthplace:
Lexington, South Carolina, USA

Credits:
24 Total Roles

Wrenn Schmidt

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Biography

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).

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 Nuremberg MOVIE Elsie Douglas
2025 Xeno MOVIE Linda
2025 Stitches MOVIE Gillian
2023 The Starling Girl MOVIE Heidi Starling
2022 Nope MOVIE Amber Park
2019 For All Mankind TV Margo Madison
2018 The Looming Tower TV Diane Priest
2017 The Good Catholic MOVIE Jane
2016 Outcast TV Megan Holter
2016 I Saw the Light MOVIE Bobbie Jett

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