Melody Thomas Scott

Melody Ann Thomas Scott (b. April 18, 1956)^[1] is an American actress who acts in soap operas. She played Nikki Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. She also played Darlene Jarvis in The Waltons in the 1970s. She won awards for Outstanding Actress from the 17th Soap Opera Digest Awards for her act as Nikki Newman.

Melody Thomas Scott
Scott at the 2013 Monte-Carlo Television Festival
Born	Melody Ann Thomas (1956-04-18) April 18, 1956 (age 69) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1963-present
Spouse(s)	Lindy Davis (1979) Bob Shield (1980) Edward J. Scott (1985–present, 3 children)

Thomas Scott started her career as a child actress.^[2]

Thomas Scott was born in Los Angeles, California.^[3]

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964	Marnie	Young Marnie	Movie (uncredited)
1965	Wagon Train	Samantha	Episode: "The Katy Piper Story" (as Melody Thomas)
1969	Ironside	Leslie Richards	Episode: "Goodbye to Yesterday" (as Melody Thomas)
1971	The Beguiled	Abigail	Movie (as Melody Thomas)
1975	Posse	Laurie	Movie (as Melody Thomas)
1976	The Shootist	Girl on streetcar	Movie (as Melody Thomas)
1977	Secrets	Laura Fleming	TV Movie (as Melody Thomas)
1977	Code R	Linda	Episode: "The Firebug" (as Melody Thomas)
1977	Fish	Joanie Kellen	Episode: "The Neighbors" (as Melody Thomas)
1977	The Car	Suzie Pullbrook	Movie (as Melody Thomas)
1977	The Waltons	Darlene Jarvis	Episodes: "The Go-Getter" and "The Seashore" (as Melody Thomas)
1978	Charlie's Angels	Betsy Harper	Episodes: "The Sandcastle Murders" (as Melody Thomas)
1978	The Fury	LaRue	Movie (as Melody Thomas)
1978	Piranha	Laura Dickinson	Movie (as Melody Thomas)
1979	Makin' It	Carol / Paula	Episodes: "Stayin' Alive" and "Tony's Homecoming" (as Melody Thomas)
1979	Billy	Shirley	Episode: "Computer Dating" (as Melody Thomas)
1979	The Rockford Files	Sherry	Episode: "Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs, Part 1" (as Melody Thomas)
1979–present	The Young and the Restless	Nikki Newman	Series regular
1980	The Scarlett O'Hara War	Laurie Lee	TV Movie (as Melody Thomas)
1985	Hotel	Mandy Vinning	Episode: "Sleeping Dogs" (as Melody Thomas)
2001	The King of Queens	Nikki Newman	Episode: "Inner Tube"
2003	The Paradise Virus	Linda Flemming	TV movie
2005	Freezerburn	Jill Renzie the Moviestar	Movie
2007	My Name is Earl	Pill Popping Mom	Episode: "The Birthday Party"
2011	Castle	Tonya Wellington	Episode: "Nikki Heat"
2014	The Crazy Ones	Flora	Episode: "The Monster"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1991	8th Telegatto Awards	Best Actress	The Young and the Restless	Won
1995	11th Soap Opera Digest Awards	Outstanding Actress	The Young and the Restless	Nominated
1999	26th Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress	The Young and the Restless	Nominated
2001	17th Soap Opera Digest Awards	Outstanding Actress	The Young and the Restless	Won