Bellamy Young

 Bellamy Young (born Amy Maria Young; February 19, 1970) is an American producer, actress and singer. She is most famous for her performance as Melody "Mellie" Grant in the ABC drama series Scandal (2012-2018). In 2014, in recognition of her performance as Mellie, Young won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting actor in a Drama Series. Young was also on the Fox series Prodigal Son (2019-2021).Young began her acting career in the theatre. In 1997 she made her Broadway debut as Mary in the first actors of The Life. Young has also performed Off-Broadway in Stephen Sondheim's musical Merrily we Roll Along (1994) and Randy Newman's Faust (1995-1996).In 1995, Young made her television debut with a regular role on the NBC soap opera on daytime Another World as Dr. Courtney Evans. In 1997 and 1998, she appeared as a guest in two roles on Law & Order. In 1999, she made her debut in film with an uncredited role in the crime thriller Black and White and later co-starred in several independent films.