Danielle Melnick
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| Danielle Melnick | |
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Good Faith" March 30, 2007 | |
| Portrayed by | Tovah Feldshuh |
Danielle Rose Melnick is a fictional character on the
Melnick is a
). She has had an affectionately competitive friendship with the latter since the early days of their careers.Melnick is dedicated to her job and is often shown to be a thorn in the side of the DA's office. Much like the character McCoy, she is so zealous in her job that she will bend (but never break) trial laws to win a case, and sometimes risks being put in contempt of court for antagonizing a judge.
Apparently The series has revealed nothing about her personal life except that she is Jewish.
In the 2002 episode "Open Season," she is very nearly
McCoy, reluctant to prosecute his old friend, ends up saving her by lying to the terrorist, telling him that Melnick had confessed to unwittingly helping him and that he would go to prison for life unless he admitted that she had not known what he was going to do with the information. Melnick is cleared of all charges but is shot soon after by one of her former client's followers. She recovers a few episodes later and returns to her practice.
In 2011, Melnick appeared in the
Feldshuh appeared in the inaugural episode of Chicago Justice, "Fake," on March 1, 2017, portraying Melnick as a judge.[1]
References
- ^ a b Gelman, Vlada (February 8, 2017). "Chicago Crossover: Tovah Feldshuh to Reprise Law & Order Role on Justice". TVLine. Retrieved February 1, 2018.