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Melora Hardin (born June 29, 1967) is an actress best known for her roles as Trudy Monk on Monk and Jan Levinson on The Office. She also appeared in Monk as Cameron, a woman impersonating Trudy.

Early Life[]

Hardin was born in Houston, Texas, and moved to San Francisco, CA at the age of five. There, she attended middle and high school in San Fernando Valley. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. She began acting at an early age, starring in the television series and movies such as Thunder (1997-1998), Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983), and Soul Man (1986).

She was originally cast to play Jennifer Parker in Back to the Future, working alongside Eric Stoltz, but Stoltz was fired soon after and Hardin was decidedly too tall to work with his replacement, Michael J. Fox.

Selected Filmography[]

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