Melina Eleni Kanakaredes Constantinides (born April 23, 1967) is an
American actress. She is widely known for her roles in U.S. primetime television dramas as Dr. Sydney Hansen in
Providence (1999–2002) and as Detective
Stella Bonasera in (2004–10), and on the American daytime television drama series
Guiding Light as
Eleni Andros Cooper.