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 Melissa Marie Benoist is an American actress, singer and dancer. She was born in Littleton, Colorado , the daughter of Julie and Jim Benoist, a physician. She is of French, German, English, and Scottish descent. She started dance classes at the age of three and when she was four years old her aunt put her in a church play she was directing. As a teen, Benoist performed anonymously at Disneyland for three summers with the Academy of Theatre Arts, a musical theatre school located in Littleton, Colorado run by Paul Dwyer and Alann Worley. She performed locally in productions including Cinderella and Bye Bye Birdie at Town Hall Arts Center, and Evita at the Country Dinner Playhouse.In 2006, The Denver Post named Benoist one of Colorado's five "Can't Miss Kids". She graduated from Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, in 2007,and from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City in 2011 with a Bachelor of arts in theatre arts. Benoist has become known for her portrayal of the title character in the CBS/CW superhero drama series Supergirl (2015). She had risen to prominence for her portrayal of Marley Rose on the fourth and fifth seasons of the Fox musical comedy-drama television series Glee (2009), and has appeared in films such as Whiplash (2014) ,Danny Collins (2015), The Longest Ride (2015), Lowriders (2016) , Patriots Day (2016) and Sun Dogs (2017).
Bio:
Melissa Marie Benoist is an American actress, singer and dancer. She was born in Littleton, Colorado , the daughter of Julie and Jim Benoist, a physician. She is of French, German, English, and Scottish descent. She started dance classes at the age of three and when she was four years old her aunt put her in a church play she was directing. As a teen, Benoist performed anonymously at Disneyland for three summers with the Academy of Theatre Arts, a musical theatre school located in Littleton, Colorado run by Paul Dwyer and Alann Worley. She performed locally in productions including Cinderella and Bye Bye Birdie at Town Hall Arts Center, and Evita at the Country Dinner Playhouse.In 2006, The Denver Post named Benoist one of Colorado's five "Can't Miss Kids". She graduated from Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, in 2007,and from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City in 2011 with a Bachelor of arts in theatre arts. Benoist has become known for her portrayal of the title character in the CBS/CW superhero drama series Supergirl (2015). She had risen to prominence for her portrayal of Marley Rose on the fourth and fifth seasons of the Fox musical comedy-drama television series Glee (2009), and has appeared in films such as Whiplash (2014) ,Danny Collins (2015), The Longest Ride (2015), Lowriders (2016) , Patriots Day (2016) and Sun Dogs (2017).
Tivia:
Was the very first of a thousand actors to audition for the title role of Supergirl (2015), just as Stephen Amell for Arrow (2012) and Grant Gustin for The Flash (2014), all produced by Greg Berlanti.Was wearing an eye-patch reportedly after suffering an eye injury when she first put on her Supergirl (2015) costume. It was later revealed, by Melissa on Instagram that the injury was in fact caused by an incident of domestic abuse. A phone was thrown at her eye resulting in one pupil becoming permanently enlarged.Became engaged to Chris Wood on 11 February 2019.In 2015, it was announced that she married Glee (2009) co-star Blake Jenner. Public records later revealed that the couple actually married in 2013. The couple separated in late 2016 and divorced in December 2017.Started reading the New 52 'Supergirl' comic book title after landing the part.Has a son: Huxley Robert Wood (b. September 2020) with husband, Chris Wood.Both she and Helen Slater, who also played Supergirl (1984), are brunettes turned blondes for the role of Supergirl.She has unequal size of the eyes' pupils due to an eye injury.She has three tattoos: a wolf on her left wrist, a feather and the word "free" on the back of her neck, and a bicycle on her left foot.Was given Superman-styled costumes for each of her dogs from Ellen DeGeneres as a guest on her show The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003).Involved in a mental health awareness movement called 'I Don't Mind' with current partner Chris Wood who played on-screen love interest Mon-El in Supergirl.Has been cast as "Supergirl" in the CBS TV series Supergirl (2015). (January 2015)Supergirl (2015) Season 5 marks her directorial debut.She has played the same character (Kara Danvers / Supergirl) in five different television series: Arrow (2012), The Flash (2014), Supergirl (2015), DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016) and Batwoman (2019).Her paternal great-grandfather was of French descent. The rest of her ancestry is German, English, and Scottish.Was reported as uninterested in returning to the role of Supergirl (2015) after the final season. However, she later assured not being opposed to portraying the character in the future during an interview.On Melissa Benoist/Olivia Wilde/Saoirse Ronan (2015), along with Olivia Wilde and Saoirse Ronan, Melissa Benoist stated that the original French pronunciation of her surname was "Benoit".Has two sisters: Jessica, a novelist and Kristina, an ecological scientist.Cited Susan Sontag and Gloria Steinem as inspirations for her portrayal of Supergirl (2015).Lived her youth in Littleton, Colorado.Released her children's fantasy book "Heaven's Secret", co-written with her sister Jessica Young and Mariko Tamaki. Tamaki wrote one episode of Supergirl (2015) and is the author of the well-received comic "Supergirl: Being Super".One of her dogs is named Otis, also the name of Lex Luthor's assistant in the Superman (1978) films.First auditioned for the role of Jessica Kensky before being cast as Katherine Russell in Patriots Day (2016). |
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Melissa Benoist |
Type: |
Actress,Director,Music Department (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Actress,Director,Music Department |
| Products for sale: |
Actress,Director,Music Department |
| Model rank: |
45 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 03:07:30 |
| Height: |
5' 8' (1.73 m) |
| Biography: |
Melissa Marie Benoist is an American actress, singer and dancer. She was born in Littleton, Colorado , the daughter of Julie and Jim Benoist, a physician. She is of French, German, English, and Scottish descent. She started dance classes at the age o |
| Trivia: |
Was the very first of a thousand actors to audition for the title role of Supergirl (2015), just as Stephen Amell for Arrow (2012) and Grant Gustin for The Flash (2014), all produced by Greg Berlanti.Was wearing an eye-patch reportedly after suffering an eye injury when she first put on her Supergirl (2015) costume. It was later revealed, by Melissa on Instagram that the injury was in fact caused by an incident of domestic abuse. A phone was thrown at her eye resulting in one pupil becoming permanently enlarged.Became engaged to Chris Wood on 11 February 2019.In 2015, it was announced that she married Glee (2009) co-star Blake Jenner. Public records later revealed that the couple actually married in 2013. The couple separated in late 2016 and divorced in December 2017.Started reading the New 52 'Supergirl' comic book title after landing the part.Has a son: Huxley Robert Wood (b. September 2020) with husband, Chris Wood.Both she and Helen Slater, who also played Supergirl (1984), are brunettes turned blondes for the role of Supergirl.She has unequal size of the eyes' pupils due to an eye injury.She has three tattoos: a wolf on her left wrist, a feather and the word "free" on the back of her neck, and a bicycle on her left foot.Was given Superman-styled costumes for each of her dogs from Ellen DeGeneres as a guest on her show The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003).Involved in a mental health awareness movement called 'I Don't Mind' with current partner Chris Wood who played on-screen love interest Mon-El in Supergirl.Has been cast as "Supergirl" in the CBS TV series Supergirl (2015). (January 2015)Supergirl (2015) Season 5 marks her directorial debut.She has played the same character (Kara Danvers / Supergirl) in five different television series: Arrow (2012), The Flash (2014), Supergirl (2015), DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016) and Batwoman (2019).Her paternal great-grandfather was of French descent. The rest of her ancestry is German, English, and Scottish.Was reported as uninterested in returning to the role of Supergirl (2015) after the final season. However, she later assured not being opposed to portraying the character in the future during an interview.On Melissa Benoist/Olivia Wilde/Saoirse Ronan (2015), along with Olivia Wilde and Saoirse Ronan, Melissa Benoist stated that the original French pronunciation of her surname was "Benoit".Has two sisters: Jessica, a novelist and Kristina, an ecological scientist.Cited Susan Sontag and Gloria Steinem as inspirations for her portrayal of Supergirl (2015).Lived her youth in Littleton, Colorado.Released her children's fantasy book "Heaven's Secret", co-written with her sister Jessica Young and Mariko Tamaki. Tamaki wrote one episode of Supergirl (2015) and is the author of the well-received comic "Supergirl: Being Super".One of her dogs is named Otis, also the name of Lex Luthor's assistant in the Superman (1978) films.First auditioned for the role of Jessica Kensky before being cast as Katherine Russell in Patriots Day (2016). |
| Trademarks: |
Piercing blue eyes |
| Quotes: |
I love female singer-songwriters!
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I'm obsessed with Michael Fassbender. He's unbelievable. I think he's a modern-day Marlon Brando. Every movie that he's done in the past couple years, I just died for him. He's extremely fascinating.
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At school, when it came to being social, I had no idea how to do it.
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Reading about myself on 'Perez Hilton' was kind of the weirdest thing ever.
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I'm definitely interested in doing movies. I've always focused more on acting than singing because that's where my true passion lies. |
| Job title: |
Actress,Director,Music Department |
| Others works: |
(8/16/11) Stage play: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown - playing Kelly, at the Norma Terris Theater, Chester, CT She did a fantastic job especially with the musical numbers!
( June 7 through August 4, 2018 ) Stage play: Beautiful: The Car |
| Spouse: |
Chris Wood (September 1, 2019 - present) (1 child)Blake Jenner (June 19, 2013 - December 21, 2017) (divorced) |
| Children: |
Huxley Robert Wood |
| Parents: |
Julie Benoist
Jim Benoist |
| Relatives: |
Jessica Benoist (Sibling)
Kristina Benoist (Sibling) |
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