Wrenn Schmidt

Acting

Wrenn Schmidt

Born February 18, 1983Lexington, South Carolina, USA23 credits

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

Nuremberg
7.4

2025

Xeno
5.6

Xeno

Movie

2025

Stitches
1.0

2025

Nope
6.8

Nope

Movie

2022

Filmography

Nuremberg
2025Nuremberg
as Elsie DouglasMovie
Xeno
2025Xeno
as LindaMovie
Stitches
2025Stitches
as GillianMovie
The Starling Girl
2023The Starling Girl
as Heidi StarlingMovie
Nope
2022Nope
as Amber ParkMovie
For All Mankind
2019For All Mankind
as Margo MadisonTV
The Looming Tower
2018The Looming Tower
as Diane PriestTV
Outcast
2016Outcast
as Megan HolterTV
I Saw the Light
2016I Saw the Light
as Bobbie JettMovie
Preservation
2014Preservation
as Wit NearyMovie
Elementary
2012Elementary
as Cashier / ElloryTV
Person of Interest
2011Person of Interest
as Iris CampbellTV
Unforgettable
2011Unforgettable
as Vicki WilsonTV
Body of Proof
2011Body of Proof
as Rena TalbotTV
Blue Bloods
2010Blue Bloods
as Anna GoodwinTV
Boardwalk Empire
2010Boardwalk Empire
as Julia SagorskyTV
3 lbs
20063 lbs
as Female StudentTV
Law & Order
1990Law & Order
as Jill CaricliaTV