TV's underrated stars of 2012: Zap2it's Year in Review
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Bellamy Young, 'Scandal'
You know her as: Scheming first lady Mellie Grant
Why we like her: We've known from the start that Mellie would do just about anything to help her husband (Tony Goldwyn) reach and keep the highest office in the land -- but it didn't emerge until recently just how far she would take things. Young can play the fierce side of Mellie and the wounded side -- the one who knows her husband's heart really belongs to Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) -- equally well. She also takes what could be a typical scorned wife and lets us really see the hurt Fitz has caused her.
Where else you've seen her: Young has a recurring part on "Criminal Minds" and has also appeared on "Scrubs," "Dirty Sexy Money" and "CSI: Miami."
-- Rick Porter, Zap2it
Why we like her: We've known from the start that Mellie would do just about anything to help her husband (Tony Goldwyn) reach and keep the highest office in the land -- but it didn't emerge until recently just how far she would take things. Young can play the fierce side of Mellie and the wounded side -- the one who knows her husband's heart really belongs to Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) -- equally well. She also takes what could be a typical scorned wife and lets us really see the hurt Fitz has caused her.
Where else you've seen her: Young has a recurring part on "Criminal Minds" and has also appeared on "Scrubs," "Dirty Sexy Money" and "CSI: Miami."
-- Rick Porter, Zap2it
