Tamara Mello Biography
Tamara Mello (born February 22, 1976) is an American actress. Her career began in 1993 with appearances on various television programs and films. She has appeared on 7th Heaven and The Brady Bunch Movie, Boy Meets World, She’s All That and Diagnosis: Murder.
In 1999, she debuted in Popular as Lily, the politically correct vegetarian. After a few years on the show, major management firms had her high on their list, but she has only done a total of six roles since then.
A petite, spunky, tousle-haired California girl best known for her role as activist and outcast Lily on “Popular” (The WB, 1999-2001), actress Tamara Mello got her start in the early 1990s, racking up independent film credits before landing on the aptly-named teen comedy-drama. Mello got her start in the mockumentary “…And God Spoke” in 1993, and the following year acted in an episode of the CBS drama “Sweet Justice”. 1995 saw her take a small supporting role in the hit spoof “The Brady Bunch Movie”, and in 1997 she was featured in the less successful comedy “The Beautician and the Beast”.
Mello began making frequent appearances on television in the mid-90s, guesting on episodes of “7th Heaven” (The WB) and “Boy Meets World” (ABC) in 1996 and 1997, respectively. From 1997-1998 she had a regular role on the critically acclaimed ABC drama “Nothing Sacred”. A provocative and somewhat controversial series about a renegade priest (Kevin Anderson), “Nothing Sacred” featured Mello as a receptionist in a Catholic church who deals with the emotional and spiritual fallout of an unplanned pregnancy and subsequent abortion. The series met an early demise despite its quality, and it was back to guest work for Mello, including a 1999 episode of “Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane”, a New York-set teen sitcom on The WB.