CSI: NY
Hostage
Wednesday 21 May 2008 on CBS

Mac is asked to do something he's never done before while being taken hostage he must try to prove a gunman's innocence.

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After Melina was crowned Miss Coloumbus she became the first runner-up at the 1986 Miss Ohio Pageant. (edit) Melina Kanakaredes can speak fluent Greek. (edit) Melina was going to have the lead for for My Big Fat Greek Wedding, but she was turned down because she was pregnant at the time. (edit) While starring in Providence, Melina filmed three public service announcements for NBC 's The More You Know. Her topics were parental involvement, child abuse, and reading. (edit) Melina was the one to announce the arrival of the Olympic flame in N.Y. for the Athens Olympics 2004. She didn't manage to visit Greece though, as she was stuck in N.Y shooting CSI. (edit)

(On staying thin)
Melina: Skinny? Listen, my husband's a chef. He cooks only for me now, and our two kids because I won't let him open another restaurant again - but I'm not skinny. I'm Greek. I eat. (edit) (At the Tony's on theater)
Melina: Would you believe five years ago I worked on 'Curtains'? It workshopped for years, but my role turned into three others. (edit) Melina: It's a wonderful time when you sit down around the table for dinner and discuss life," she says. "No matter where you are, it gives the semblance of normalcy to my crazy world. … It grounds us as a family. (edit) Melina: I would invite all my friends, and it would be horrible. Some of the boys are worse than the girls, saying 'I can't eat this!' " Kanakaredes says with a laugh. "I'd say, 'Shut up and eat. I can't have all this great food in the house.' (edit) (Talking about her character on "CSI:NY")
Melina: Viewers are watching Stella hold her own. (edit)

Star
CSI: NY Detective Stella Bonasera	Guiding Light Eleni Andros Cooper [#1] (1991 - 1995)
Leaving L.A. Libby Galante	New York News Angela Villanova
Providence Dr. Sydney Hansen

Recurring Role
NYPD Blue Benita Alden

Guest Star
A Home for the Holidays A Home for the Holidays (2006) Herself	CSI: Miami MIA/NYC – NonStop Detective Stella Bonasera
Due South Victoria's Secret (1) Victoria Metcalf	Due South Victoria's Secret (2) Victoria Metcalf
Due South Letting Go Victoria Metcalf	e-Talk Daily February 6, 2007 Herself

Director
Providence The Sound of Music