Wendie Malick
Wendie Malick
Hot in Cleveland, Just Shoot Me
Wendie Malick was born to a model mother and salesman father in Buffalo, N.Y. and attended Ohio Wesleyan University (class of 1972). Shortly after graduation, she moved to Washington, D.C. to work for Republican Congressman Jack Kemp, but quickly left politics behind to act.
In 1982, she auditioned for the role of Diane on Cheers, a role that went to Shelley Long. In the '80s, Wendie appeared in many TV roles on series such as Three's Company, Kate & Allie and Anything but Love. Her film work includes Scrooged, The American President and Bugsy.
She received a great deal of attention for her role as ex-wife Judith Tupper Stone in the HBO comedy Dream On, for which she received four CableACE Awards. The series showcased her comedic timing as well as her sex appeal, and Just Shoot Me! was an organic next step. In this tv series, Wendie played the role of narcissistic fashion editor Nina Van Horn from 1997 to 2003 and was nominated for two Emmys and a Golden Globe.
In 1998, she guest starred as A.D. Maslin in The X-Files: "The Beginning" (Season 6).
She moonlighted as a lounge singer on Frasier (2003) which featured her one-day future Hot in Cleveland co-star Jane Leeves. She stayed with the show until its final season in 2004.
Wendie is married to Richard Erickson. Through their charity, A Drop in the Bucket, they support a medical center in the Congo and share an ongoing commitment to a women's shelter in Tijuana, Mexico. They live in the Santa Monica Mountains with three dogs, two horses and a cat.
A vegetarian, Democrat and philanthropist who fights for women's rights and humane treatment of animals, Wendie has done more than 80 guest appearances and enjoyed a successful voiceover career. Her TV work continues with Victoria, an L.A. soap star who lands, quite unexpectedly, in Hot in Cleveland. In 2011, the entire cast was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
Hot in Cleveland Blog on TV Land
Wendy Malick at the Internet Movie Database