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Bellamy Young (born Amy Young) is an American TV, film, and theater actor best known for her portrayal of First Lady Mellie Grant in Scandal.

Biography
Young was born as Amy Young in Asheville, North Carolina, on February 19, 1970. She had to change her name to join the Screen Actors Guild, as there was another Amy Young registered. She graduated from Asheville School in 1987 and attended Yale University. She graduated in 1991, and then attended the British American Drama Academy at Oxford University in England. Young started her career by starring in several Broadway shows, including The Life, portraying a character named Mary, and Randy Newman's Faust, in which she played a character named Meg.

In 1995, she made her first TV appearance, landing a recurring role on the NBC daytime soap opera Another World, Dr. Courtney Evans. She later guest-starred in Law & Order, The Drew Carey Show, and Nash Bridges, and appeared in the feature film Black and White in 1999. Young has since guest-starred in numerous TV shows, including The X-Files, ER, Frasier, The West Wing, NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Two and a Half Men, Ghost Whisperer, Supernatural, The Mentalist, and Castle. She also starred in several moves, including We Were Soldiers, Larceny, Mission: Impossible III, Trust Me, This Is Not a Test, and In My Sleep.

Young soon became a regular cast member in the USA Network series Peacemakers, starting in 2003. The show, however, was cancelled after one season consisting of nine episodes. She had recurring roles in American Dreams, Scrubs, CSI: Miami, and Dirty Sexy Money; in Dirt Sexy Money, she portrayed Ellen Darling, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Darling family. She also had a recurring role in Criminal Minds, starring as Beth Clemmons.

In 2011, Young was cast by Shonda Rhimes in the recurring role of First Lady Mellie Grant on the ABC political thriller TV series Scandal. She starred opposite Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn. She has appeared in every episode of the first season and was upgraded to a series regular as of the second season. The role of Mellie Grant became her best known portrayal to date.