Melissa George Bio Wiki Age Husband Movies Friend and Net Worth

Melissa George is an Australian-American actress and entrepreneur. A former national artistic rollerskating champion and model, she commenced her acting career playing Angel Parrish in the Australian soap opera Home and Away in 1993.

After moving to the United States, Melissa made her feature film debut in Dark City in 1998. She later had supporting roles in Steven Soderbergh’s The Limey, David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive, Sugar & Spice, and Down with Love.

Melissa was born on August 6, 1976, in Perth, Australia. She is46 years old.

She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of5 ft 7 in(Approx. 1.71 m).

She was born in Perth, Western Australia, to her parents Pamela and Glenn George. Melissa’s mother was a nurse and her father was a construction worker. She is of Scottish descent. William Ward, a grandfather on Melisa’s mother’s side, worked as a prison warden at Rottnest Island, offshore from Perth. The second of four children, she is also a cousin of the opera singer Taryn Fiebig.

In 1998, Melissa met Chilean furniture designer and film director Claudio Dabed in Bali. They married in 2000 and lived in Buenos Aires. In 2011, they announced their divorce. In 2011, she met French entrepreneur Jean David Blanc, the founder of AlloCiné, at a BAFTA awards party.

Together they have two sons, Raphaël and Solal. In September 2016, Melissa separated from Blanc following allegations of domestic abuse that purportedly occurred at their home in Paris.

She attended Warwick Senior High School and developed an interest in dancing and began studying jazz, tap, ballet, and modern dance at the age of seven. Melissa’s enthusiasm for dance eventually evolved into a passion for artistic roller skating.

She is an Australian national roller skating champion and won bronze medals in the National Championships in 1989 and 1990. Melissa won a silver medal at the Junior World Championship in 1991.

2015 The Slap 2016 Heartbeat 2018 The First 2019 Bad Mothers 2019 Star Trek: Discovery 2020 The Eddy 2007 30 Days of Night 2008 The Betrayed 2009 Triangle 2011 A Lonely Place to Die 2011 Swinging with the Finkels 2012 Between Us 2013 Felony 2017 The Butterfly Tree 2018 Don’t Go 2021 Peaceful

In 2003, she played Molly in 2 episodes of Friend, an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman. It aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons.

With an ensemble cast starringJennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer, the show revolves around six friends in their 20s and 30s who live in Manhattan, New York City.

In September 2008, Melissa joined the cast of Grey’s Anatomy for eleven episodes as Sadie Harris, a bisexual intern, but in January 2009 it was released that she was leaving the show in a mutual agreement with the producers.

She received the lead role in the Australian-British mystery thriller by Chris Smith titled Triangle, which opened to positive reviews. Melissa also starred in the British thriller film A Lonely Place to Die (2010), directed by Julian Gilbey. She climbed Ben Nevis mountain for her role in the film.

At the age of 16, she and a friend, Cara Mitchinson, both acted in a mock episode of the popular Australian soap Home and Away with a video camera, playing Bobby and Sophie Simpson, respectively. Melissa met with casting director Liz Mullinar and was subsequently cast in the role of Angel Parrish. She departed Home and Away on 30 August 1996.

In 2003, Melissa landed the role of Lauren Reed on the ABC television series Alias. She had auditioned to play the lead character Sydney Bristow but lost out to Jennifer Garner. When that happened, ABC cast her on Thieves instead. It was originally planned that she would guest-star for several episodes but she was quickly upgraded to regular.

She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Melissa’s estimated net worth is $5 million.

She is46 years old. Melissa was born on August 6, 1976, in Perth, Australia.