Kanakaredes Biography
Melina Kanakaredes is an Actress from the United States. Her roles as Detective Stella Bonasera in CSI: NY, Dr. Sydney Hansen in American primetime television dramas, and Eleni Andros Cooper in the daytime television drama series Guiding Light have made her well-known.
How old is Kanakaredes? – Age
Born Melina Eleni Kanakaredes, the actress is 57 years old as of 23 April 2024. He was born in 1967 in Akron, Ohio, United States.
Melina Kanakaredes Family – Education
Kanakaredes is the daughter of insurance salesman Harry Kanakaredes and candy company owner Connie (née Temo). She is proficient in Greek and is a second-generation Greek-American. Kanakaredes’s grandfather, Christ Temo, founded the chocolate shop “Temo’s Candy Company” in Akron, which is currently owned and operated by her two maternal uncles. She received her diploma from Akron’s Firestone High School.
She briefly attended Ohio State University before moving to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Point Park College, where she played roles in the professional theater industry, including Mary Magdalene in Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in theater arts from Point Park in 1989.
Who is Kanakaredes’ Husband?
Peter Constantinides and Kanakaredes were wed on September 6, 1992. Their two children, Zoe (born in 2000) and Karina Eleni (born in 2003), are together. The “Tria Greek Kuzina” in Powell, Ohio, which she and her late husband, a professional restaurant consultant, operated, has closed.
The Resident
She portrays Dr. Lane Hunter on The Resident. The former head of oncology at Chastain Park Memorial Hospital was Dr. Lane Hunter. In addition to radiation oncology, she holds a double board certification in another Unknown specialty. The best oncologist in Georgia is Dr. Lane Hunter. She is regarded as a bright, kind, and capable leader who devotes all of her waking hours to caring for her patients. Later on, though, it becomes clear that she is a heartless, cold-blooded individual who attempts to extract large sums of money from patient insurance settlements for their treatments—even when doing so raises ethical concerns.
After manipulating her, Bell posted Lane’s bail, allowing her to be released from prison in After the Fall. Subsequently, Lane was shot dead by the brother of two of her murdered patients, who sought retribution for her abuse of his wife and sister. She was instantaneously killed. Lane and Randolph are good buddies. They kiss in his office at the end of Haunted. Lane and Randolph collaborate to fire Claire Thorpe and Nicolette Nevin in the movie And The Nurses Get Screwed.
At his place, Lane and Randolph hang around and are content with each other.But Randolph is shown proof of Lane’s illegal activity, and the FBI is notified, so they will shortly obtain a warrant to examine Lane’s clinic. When Randolph probes Lane about her activities, she almost breaks down in tears and admits to mistreating her patients. He instructs Lane to remove the evidence from her clinic, but it turns out that he allowed her to do so right before the FBI showed up to take her into custody.
CSI: NY
She played Assistant Day Shift Supervisor Detective Stella Bonasera on CSI: NY for the first six seasons, from 2004 to 2010. Detective Stella Bonasera was a half-Greek, half-Italian American assistant day shift supervisor at the New York Crime Lab. As of the seventh season, she has relocated to New Orleans to lead the Crime Lab.
Stella, a character on the show, has a tight relationship with Mac Taylor, despite their periodic clashes over Mac’s strictness. They share a tight relationship, serving as one other’s support systems and expressing concern for each other’s physical and mental health. Stella is particularly close to Don Flack, who was among the first to express concern about him following Jessica Angell’s murder. She stays with Mac till he wakes up in charge of this post, and Flack is patient and understanding when she gives her account after Frankie attacked her.
Stella’s tight relationships with all of the characters on the program frequently lead to her playing the protective “mother” role in events.Stella transfers to the New Orleans Police Department’s crime lab in Season 7, where Jo Danville replaces her. In season five, there were suggestions of a prospective relationship with firefighter Brandon, but nothing came of it.
Stella had a one-night affair with lab tech Adam Ross in season 6, but they chose not to pursue the relationship further due to loss or stress. Stella’s tight relationships with all of the characters on the program frequently lead to her playing the protective “mother” role in events.
Providence
In the US medical drama television series Providence, Melina played Dr. Sydney “Syd” Hansen, a well-known plastic surgeon who comes home for her sister’s wedding. Sadly, her mother passes away before the event starts. When Syd gets back to Los Angeles, her lover is cheating on her with another man.
In the end, she makes the decision to return to Providence in order to support her family, and she accepts a position at a free clinic that she eventually becomes the manager of. She tries to mend her love life while juggling her new specialization of family medicine and supporting her family, but she doesn’t have much luck doing so until season 5.
The show concludes suddenly, with a two-part wedding episode. NBC dubbed this Providence’s “winter finale,” with full expectations that it would return in the spring or autumn of 2003, but these plans were subsequently shelved when some cast members, notably Kanakaredes, declined to return for the sixth season.
Kanakaredes Movies and TV Credits
Melina has appeared in various films including;
Movies
♦ 2013 – Snitch
♦ 2010 – Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
♦ 2001 – 15 Minutes
♦ 1999 – Dangerous Beauty
♦ 1998 – Rounders
♦ 1996 – The Long Kiss Goodnight
♦ 1994 – Bleeding Hearts
♦ 1987 – Carts
TV Shows
♦ 2023 – Billions
♦ 2020 – Blood of Zeus
♦ 2018 – The Resident
♦ 2016 – Notorious
♦ 2015 – Hawaii Five-0
♦ 2015 – Extant
♦ 2005 – Into the Fire
♦ 2004–2010 – CSI: NY
♦ 2004 – CSI: Miami
♦ 1999–2002 – Providence
♦ 1998 – Oz
♦ 1998 – Saint Maybe
♦ 1997 – Leaving L.A.
♦ 1997 – The Practice
♦ 1995 – Due South
♦ 1995 – New York News
♦ 1995 – NYPD Blue