Melinda Gordon

Melinda Irene Gordon is the title character of the American paranormal television series Ghost Whisperer created by John Gray. Gordon was portrayed by American actress Jennifer Love Hewitt. 2Character background Melinda Gordon (Jennifer Love Hewitt) has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts. She moved to Grandview after she married Jim Clancy, a paramedic who knows of her ability. Jim and Melinda have a son Aiden (first appearance season 5). Melinda had always been able to speak with the dead, or "earthbound spirits" as her grandmother called them (with whom she shared this ability, along with her mother Beth, her great grandmother Julia, and great-great grandmother Tessa). Apart from her husband Jim, Melinda shared her secret with quirky Professor Rick Payne, an expert in occult beliefs and history who thrives on helping her gain insights into the more baffling paranormal phenomena she encounters. Other individuals who are aware of her gift include Andrea Marino (her best friend and business partner; killed in the first season's finale), Delia Banks (Melinda's best friend) and her son, Ned Banks, RU psychology professor Eli James, and her son Aiden, as well as all the relatives or friends of ghosts she has helped. 2Abilities Melinda is at least a sixth-generation medium (as her great-great-great-grandmother, Tessa, and her grandmother are also ghost whisperers. Initially the show seems to suggest the ability skipped her mother, which it didn't, she just chose to ignore everything she saw, and may have skipped others