George was born on 6 August 1976 in Perth, Western Australia, to Pamela, a nurse, and Glenn George, a construction worker. She is of Scottish descent. William Ward, a grandfather on her 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. George 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. Her enthusiasm for dance eventually evolved into a passion for artistic roller skating.
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Melissa George | Early life
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Melissa George received an invitation to meet the show's executive producers, Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers, from "Grey's Anatomy" casting agents after they saw her recurring guest performances in the television drama "In Treatment" (2008). George explained that after meeting with the producers, she was set to begin working. George's initial contract included eight to eleven episodes of recurring appearances, with the possibility of becoming a series-regular. However, according to George's representative, she did not intend to do more than 8 episodes. Harris was first planned to have a romance with Torres, but Rhimes eventually changed that after George started filming.
Sadie Harris | Casting & Creation
Sadie Harris is a fictional character from the American television medical drama "Grey's Anatomy", which airs on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States. The character was created by series producer Shonda Rhimes and portrayed by actress Melissa George. Introduced as a surgical intern who has an old companionship with the series' protagonist Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), she eventually forms a friendship with Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh), and departs after it is revealed she cheated her way into the surgical program. George was invited to meet with "Grey's Anatomy" executive producers after the show's casting agents saw her in the 2008 television drama, "In Treatment".
Sadie Harris | Introduction
George returned to television in 2008 in the HBO half-hour drama "In Treatment", co-starring Gabriel Byrne and Dianne Wiest, receiving a 2009 Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film, and also received a nomination for "Best Actress" at the 2009 Australian Film Institute Awards. In September 2008, George 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. Also in 2008, she starred in the film "The Betrayed", which was released at the San Diego Film Festival, and was released direct-to-video in the United States on 30 June 2009.
Melissa George | 2008–2018: Television and critical acclaim
George was born on 6 August 1976 in Perth, Western Australia, to Pamela, a nurse, and Glenn George, a construction worker. She is of Scottish descent. William Ward, a grandfather on her 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. George 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. Her enthusiasm for dance eventually evolved into a passion for artistic roller skating.
Melissa George | Early life
Melissa-Rae Annette Goad was born July 10, 1982 in Seattle, Washington and grew up in nearby Kent. She was entered in a beauty pageant by her mother at the age of 5, which inspired her to become an actor. She participated in her school's drama programs as she grew up. She continued her studies at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Hollywood and graduated in 2005.
Melissa Goad | Early life
She had auditioned to play lead character Sydney Bristow, but lost out to Jennifer Garner. When that happened, ABC cast her on "Thieves" instead. It was originally planned that George would guest-star for several episodes but she was quickly upgraded to regular. To explain her character's accent (George is Australian), the writers wrote that she was born in the United States but grew up in London. George left the show at the end of the third season, saying that "I got offered a couple of films so I decided to kind've [sic] move on."
Melissa George | 1999–2008: Film breakthrough
The actress' original contract included 8 to 11 episodes of recurring appearances in season 5, with the possibility of becoming a series regular. She was originally planned to be a romantic foil for Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) and Erica Hahn (Brooke Smith), but the role was retooled after the latter departed in November 2008. After speculation as to whether the character would become a series-regular, it was confirmed that George's character would not be joining the series and would soon depart. George explained that it was her own decision to leave the show, in response to the assertions that her departure was done to "de-gay" "Grey's Anatomy".
Sadie Harris | Introduction
On television, George has had recurring roles on "Alias" (2003–04), "Grey's Anatomy" (2008–09) and "The Good Wife" (2013–14), and a leading role on the NBC medical drama "Heartbeat" (2016). She received a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of Laura Hill on HBO's "In Treatment" (2008). She also starred in the Australian miniseries "The Slap" (2011), for which she received a Logie Award, and the BBC spy series "Hunted" (2012). In 2015, she appeared in the American adaptation of "The Slap", playing the same character, Rosie, that she played in the previous version. She currently stars as Diane Hagerty on Hulu's "The First" (2018).
Melissa George | Introduction
George then appeared on the cover and in a nude pictorial for the March 1997 issue of "Australian Playboy". In late 1997, George decided to relocate from Australia to the United States, hoping to establish a career in Hollywood. She recalled her first day arriving in Los Angeles: "I saw Jennifer Jason Leigh in a parking garage, and [later] the same night, I went to a restaurant and I walked into the toilet and opened the door, and Courtney Love was sitting on the loo." Within a year after relocating, George made her film debut in the critically acclaimed neo-noir science fiction film "Dark City" (1998).
Melissa George | 1992–1998: Early work
Born in New York City, Errico went to high school in Manhasset while taking dance lessons in Manhattan. Her father is an orthopedic surgeon and concert pianist and her mother is a former teacher who now works as a sculptor. She began her professional career at 12, appearing on the syndicated children's TV series "The Great Space Coaster". Errico's maternal grandmother was an opera singer.
Melissa Errico | Early life
Throughout her run on "Grey's Anatomy", the character received mixed feedback among critics. Jon Caramanica of the "Los Angeles Times" was critical of her character development, calling George "woefully misused". Writing for "The Age", Michael Idato opined that the storyline between Harris and Yang was "frosty", adding that the writing was in a "true soap fashion". Darren Devlyn of the "Herald Sun" wondered if the producers brought in George to "shake up the show", and found the character's bisexual storyline similar to Hahn's. Speaking of George's exit, Kris De Leon of "BuddyTV" noted that she departed on the "best of terms" in comparison with Isaiah Washington (Preston Burke), Smith, and Knight—former cast members who had "rocky" exits.
Sadie Harris | Reception
George began modelling in her early teens, and in 1992 she was named Western Australia's Teenage Model of the Year. At the age of sixteen, George 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. When the offer of a role on the serial came, George's parents convinced her to relocate from her native Perth to Sydney and she began lodging with families. George met with casting director Liz Mullinar and was subsequently cast in the role of Angel Parrish.
Melissa George | 1992–1998: Early work
George was born in Towson, Maryland. She is the daughter of Lowell George, the late founder of the rock and roll group Little Feat, and Elizabeth George. Jackson Browne wrote the song "Of Missing Persons" for Inara George after the death of her father. She has three half brothers named Luke, Forrest and Jed, and her father died just before her fifth birthday. George was involved with theatre at a young age, especially Shakespeare, in Topanga Canyon, a community in the Santa Monica mountains. She later relocated to Boston, Massachusetts to study acting in the classical theater tradition.
Inara George | Early life
Melissa Katherine Rycroft was born on March 11, 1983, in Dallas, Texas. She studied dance from an early age and served as first lieutenant of her high school drill team. She majored in marketing at the University of North Texas after transferring from the University of Oklahoma, where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega.
Melissa Rycroft | Early life
Melissa was born in County Sligo in the West of Ireland.
Melissa Curry | Early life and family
Barrera was born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico. She studied musical theater at NYU Tisch.
Melissa Barrera (actress) | Early life and education
Udell sees Melissa as George. Since Melissa does not want to play a role other than Charlotte and Ms. Udell said that was not an option, Melissa takes a role in the stage crew. Meanwhile, at home, Melissa's mom finds her secret collection of female magazines. Melissa's mother views her actions as childish and says that she does not want to see Melissa wearing girl clothing, shoes, or going in her room at all. Back at school, Melissa is still upset with Ms. Udell's reaction to her audition. In addition, she feels distant from her friend Kelly because Kelly got the role of Charlotte.
George (novel) | Plot
Rauch was born to Susan and David Rauch, a Jewish family living in Marlboro Township, New Jersey. She has a brother, Ben. She developed an interest in acting while attending Marlboro High School. Her Bat Mitzvah had a “Melissa’s Comedy Club” theme. Rauch graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City in 2002.
Melissa Rauch | Early life
She is an Australian national roller skating champion and won bronze medals in the National Championships in 1989 and 1990. She won a silver medal at the Junior World Championship in 1991.
Melissa George | Early life
George was born on September 13, 1904 in Patten, Maine to British parents, Sir Arthur Evans Clare, a "noted Shakespearean actor", and his wife, Lady Alice. Another source indicated "Gladys was born in a little town in Missouri, where the troupe her parents belonged to happened to be stranded at the time."
Gladys George | Early life
As a child, she lived in New York, France, and England. She later enrolled at Sarah Lawrence College, where she appeared in several campus plays.
Julianna Margulies | Early life
Marden was born in Toronto, Ontario. She lost her mother to brain cancer in 2009.
Melanie Marden | Early life
She also alleged during the program that she believed Blanc had private detectives hired to follow her around Paris. Blanc denied George's allegations. In 2017, she stated she had resumed working in the United States, on the series "The First", and flew between both countries to "spend the maximum time" with her children.
Melissa George | Personal life
Howard was born in Brisbane. From 2002 to 2006 she attended "Corinda State High School" in Corinda. During this period, she joined the "Screech Theatre Group", composed of disabled and non-disabled people. In 2008, she moved to Melbourne, in Albert Park, Victoria suburb, where she worked at "Cafe Sienna" and started studying Literature at the University of Melbourne.
Melissa Howard (actress) | Early life
George herself said "there is talk of me coming back at some point, because obviously in Alias you're never written out completely... [but] I wouldn't want to go back unless she got some focus." These rumors were put to rest when Lauren's corpse was shown in the ninth episode of season 4. The season 4 gag reel, included in the DVD release of that season, includes footage in which Melissa George as Lauren makes a surprise appearance during a scene, before George breaks character and begins to laugh.
Lauren Reed | Characterization and fan reaction
Scrofano was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the daughter of a government worker mother and an engineer father. She is of French-Canadian and Italian descent. She began modeling at the age of 13, and picked up acting when her agent began submitting her for acting jobs.
Melanie Scrofano | Early life
After "an audition from hell", George was cast and filmed the pilot, but the network (NBC) then fired the writers and replaced George and her fellow castmembers Breckin Meyer and Emily Rutherfurd with Rena Sofer, Colin Ferguson and Sonya Walger, respectively. The series lasted only four episodes and show creator Steven Moffat blamed NBC's meddling as the reason for the show's failure, saying that they "fucked it up because they intervened endlessly." George later commented that she "dodged a bullet" by being replaced before the show aired. In 2003, she landed the role of Lauren Reed on the ABC television series "Alias".
Melissa George | 1999–2008: Film breakthrough
She made her first on-screen appearance on 30 March 1993, arriving as a teenage runaway. While playing the role, George made property investments and wrote advice columns for two English teen magazines. Her role earned her five consecutive Logie Award nominations, of which she won two. The character became popular among viewers when she was paired up with Shane Parrish, and to this day they remain one of the soap's most loved couples. George departed "Home and Away" on 30 August 1996. She then made a health and fitness video, "Mind, Body and Soul" (1996), created a sleepwear line called "An Angel at My Bedside", and had a recurring role on the short-lived 1997 Fox Broadcasting Company television fantasy drama series "Roar", which was filmed in Queensland, opposite Heath Ledger.
Melissa George | 1992–1998: Early work
Fumero was born Melissa Gallo in North Bergen, New Jersey. She grew up in Guttenberg, New Jersey until age 6, when her family moved to Lyndhurst, New Jersey. At 19, she moved to New York City to attend New York University, from which she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama in 2003.
Melissa Fumero | Early life
They also said they were in awe of how the executives said, "Pick a show, any show", explaining that it is rare. The series creator and executive producer, Shonda Rhimes explained, "I was looking for a girlfriend for George, but it was in the infancy stages, so I had no idea what I was looking for." Rhimes built the character around Ramirez after they met them Ramirez, who was initially given a recurring status at the time of the character's inception, received a star billing in the show's third season, alongside fellow cast member Eric Dane, who portrayed Dr. Mark Sloan.
Sara Ramirez | "Grey's Anatomy" and other projects (2006–2019)
Melissa Gira Grant was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst and at San Francisco State University. Grant is a former sex worker who began sex work to pay for being a writer. Grant was a member of the Exotic Dancers Union and a board member at the Lusty Lady Theater in San Francisco. Grant worked at St. James Infirmary Clinic in San Francisco from 2006 to 2009. Later she was on the staff of Third Wave Foundation, a social justice and feminist foundation in New York.
Melissa Gira Grant | Early life
Hyland was born in Manhattan, New York, the daughter of actors Melissa Canaday and Edward James Hyland. She is the sister of actor Ian Hyland. She attended the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan.
Sarah Hyland | Early life
Metcalf was born on February 22, 1996, in Mesa, Arizona, to Mern and Laurie Metcalf. She has an older sister, Sheridan, who is a gymnast at the University of Washington. In 2014, she graduated from Saguaro High School and started attending the University of California, Los Angeles.
Melissa Metcalf | Personal life
Gorga was born on March 21, 1979. She is of Italian descent and grew up in Toms River, New Jersey. She attended New Jersey City University and lived in Bayonne, New Jersey, while in college.
Melissa Gorga | Early life
She was initially written as a lesbian, but was revised as bisexual. In January 2009, George confirmed her departure from "Grey's Anatomy", and several reasons were cited for her leaving. George said she had decided to leave to pursue another project, and offered praise to the cast members. However, a representative of the show claimed the actress' departure was due to a mutual agreement between "Grey's Anatomy" and George, explaining that the character's storyline "came to a natural end", but that everyone was upset with her departure. Following Erica Hahn (Brooke Smith)'s departure, "E! Online" Kristin Dos Santos asserted that Smith's dismissal from the show, and the rewrite of Harris' storyline, was enforced by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), as part of an attempt to "de-gay" "Grey's Anatomy", but these claims were rebuked by Rhimes.
Sadie Harris | Casting & Creation
Gabel-Luddy was born in Los Angeles, California.
Emily Gabel-Luddy | Early life
O'Neil was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Her mother is Chinese via Hong Kong, and her father is of Irish descent. O'Neil attended Terry Fox Junior High School. She attended Lester B. Pearson High School in Calgary where she performed in musicals and played rugby and was on the basketball team.
Melissa O'Neil | Early life
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Melissa Breen | Early life
She was born July 6, 1912, in Baltimore, Maryland, to J. King Seegar. She had two siblings. She obtained her B.A. from Goucher College and her M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1936.
Georgeanna Seegar Jones | Early life
George Stacey Gibson was born in Saffron Walden, Essex on 20 July 1818, the only child of Wyatt George Gibson (1790–1862) and Deborah, daughter of George Stacey of Alton, Hampshire.
George Stacey Gibson | Early life
Samuels was born on August 29, 1990 in Prosper, Texas, the daughter of Sherry and Warren Samuels. In 2008, Samuels moved to Los Angeles when she was 18 years old to pursue a career in acting.
Laura Ashley Samuels | Early life
Hayden was born in Toronto as the second daughter of Jacob Herman and his wife Kate Weinberg, Jewish immigrants from Russia. The young Mildred was called "Millie" at home, a nickname she kept for the rest of her life.
Melissa Hayden (dancer) | Early life
Peterman was born in Edina, Minnesota and grew up in nearby Burnsville, Minnesota. After graduating from Burnsville High School, she attended Minnesota State University, Mankato where she majored in theater.
Melissa Peterman | Early life
Born in Houston, Texas, George was the daughter of Hubert E. and Jeannette C. Clift. She earned her degree from the Department of Theater and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin.
Jeannette Clift George | Early years
George's character has been described as "naughty" and "mischievous", as well as "nutty". She added that Harris' sexuality is not the main aspect of her personality. George called her character "broken", and opined that her outgoing personality is meant to cover up something else. George stated that the way she portrayed Harris was influenced by the outspokenness of Lisa Rowe, a sociopathic character from "Girl, Interrupted" (1999) played by Angelina Jolie. Peter Nowalk, one of the show's writers, characterized Harris as "quite a flirty gal". Other "Grey's Anatomy" cast members have also commented on the character of Harris; Chandra Wilson stated that Harris is fast-paced, whereas Leigh said that the character is there to "wreak havoc on Seattle Grace".
Sadie Harris | Characterization
George is credited as the inventor of Style Snaps, a device intended to allow changing pant hem length without sewing. The product is marketed via direct response TV. She has stated that the invention earns her more money than her acting career.
Melissa George | Other ventures
After being born in New York City, she moved to Paris and grew up in an English- and French-speaking home. At the age of ten Farman was accepted into the Bilingual Acting Workshop for professional actors in Paris.
Melissa Farman | Early life
Agidius was born in Spokane, Washington. Agidius grew up in Wallace, Idaho, graduating from Wallace High School.
Cindy Agidius | Early life
Ortiz was born in West Palm Beach, Florida. She graduated from Cardinal Newman High School in 2008.
Melissa Ortiz | Early life
Mark-Viverito was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, to Anthony Mark, a physician and founder of San Pablo Hospital, and Elizabeth Viverito. She grew up in Bayamón, where her mother still resides. At the age of eighteen, she moved to New York to attend Columbia University, from which she graduated in 1991 with a bachelor of arts degree. She received her Master of Public Administration from Baruch College in 1995.
Melissa Mark-Viverito | Early life and education
George was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, to actor and producer Vincent D'Onofrio and actress Greta Scacchi, and raised by her mother in Brighton, East Sussex, U.K. In 2008, she had acting classes at Brighton College. The following year, she attended Crawley College, her mother's alma mater, and in 2010, studied at the Arts Educational Schools, London. In 2011, she went to Australia to study at Sydney Film School. In 2012, she went to the United States to study at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City near her father.
Leila George | Early life
Tucker was born in Fullerton, Orange County, California, the daughter of an English father and a mother from New Zealand. She attended Eagle Rock High School in northeast Los Angeles, California, graduating in 1941. She then attended Occidental College in Los Angeles from 1941 to 1944. She is named for the tui, a bird native to New Zealand, where her mother was born.
Tui St. George Tucker | Early life
Ryan was born in Townsville, Australia. Her daughter Lyn Ashley is also an actress.
Madge Ryan | Early life
Vernoff attended Troy High School in New York, graduating in 1989. She paid tribute to the school in a season 7 episode of "Grey's Anatomy", using the alma mater's song. She also attended Boston University. Vernoff aspired to be a veterinarian as a child, but then turned towards acting, studying it in college. She did not discover screenwriting until her 20s.
Krista Vernoff | Early life
George was born in Sioux City, Iowa on September 25, 1918. Her parents were Eugene Preston and Lila (nee Pickle) Plowe. She grew up in Elk City, Kansas. Upon the death of her stepfather when she was 13, she moved with her mother to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to live near her grandparents.
Lila-Gene George | Early life
Moroles was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, and raised in Rockport, Texas, off the Gulf of Mexico. At a young age she was always recruiting friends and family to act out her shows in her living room. She studied dance and participated in theater growing up.
Victoria Moroles | Early life
I just wanted to say sorry Melissa, you don't deserve it."
Melissa George | Public image
Coates' mother was a nurse and amateur actress and a bodybuilder while her father is a doctor. She is the youngest of four children, having a sister and two brothers. She also earned her Bachelor of Science in biology from Lakehead University, due to originally wanting to become a veterinarian.
Melissa Coates | Personal life
She revealed that as well as writing out the character Erica Hahn, "Grey's Anatomy" newcomer Melissa George would no longer be playing a bisexual character as announced. Brooke Smith, interviewed by Michael Ausiello, stated that: Smith explained that the script for her final episode did not involve her character being written out, and that Erica's final scene on the show is "just [her] heading to [her] car." She agreed with the assessment that her dismissal originated from ABC and not Shonda Rhimes herself, stating: "it definitely seemed like [Shonda's] hands were tied." Rhimes also said: "We didn't have a controversy with Dr.
Erica Hahn | Casting and creation
Sutherland was born in Brisbane.
Alyssa Sutherland | Early life
Tang was born in Los Angeles, California, of Chinese descent. She graduated with a BFA in acting from Carnegie Mellon University in 2007.
Melissa Tang | Early life and education
Katherine Heigl auditioned for the role of Lauren Reed but did not get it. Melissa George was working on "Charmed" when J.J. Abrams called to tell her she had landed the part. George had auditioned to play lead character Sydney Bristow, but lost out to Jennifer Garner. When that happened, ABC cast her on "Thieves" instead. It was originally planned that George would guest-star for several episodes but she was quickly upgraded to regular. To explain her character's accent (George is Australian), the writers wrote that she was born in the United States but grew up in London.
Lauren Reed | Casting and creation
Born Marion Rous in New York, she was the eldest of three daughters of the American pathologist Francis Peyton Rous, winner of the 1966 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and his wife, Marion de Kay. She studied at the Dalton School in New York City, and Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania.
Marni Hodgkin | Early life
Hoskins was born in 1864 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
George W. Hoskins | Early life
Walker lived in London for a year after college.
Melissa Walker | Early and personal life
Gyngell was born in Sydney. Her father was Bruce Gyngell, an Australian television executive.
Skye Gyngell | Early life
Gibney was born September 11, 1961, in Manhattan Beach, California. She moved to Webster, New York, at a young age, returned to California to live several times, returning to Webster in 2004. She graduated from Buffalo State College with a major in theater, and later earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Yale School of Drama.
Susan Gibney | Early life and education
Gurgel is working as model and majoring in fashion and design studies.
Melissa Gurgel | Early life
Fletcher grew up in Bracknell and attended Garth Hill College for seven years.
Melissa Fletcher | Early life
Booth was born in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
Melanie Booth | Early life
It also marked the final regular appearance of Jason George as Ben Warren, he was demoted to a recurring cast member for the next season onwards.
All of Me (Grey's Anatomy) | Introduction
Born in Cottage Grove, Minnesota. Melissa holds a master's degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts in Vocal Performance and a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in Music with an emphasis on classical and operatic technique.
Melissa Ferlaak | Early life
At the age of seven, she decided that she "loved doing it" and auditioned for theater and television roles.
Miranda Cosgrove | Early life
Genneya Walton was born in Chicago, Illinois. She started her career as a dancer at the age of seven. In 2019, she was cast for a role as Chloe Barris in Netflix BlackAF alongside Kenya Barris and Rashida Jones.
Genneya Walton | Early life and career
Gage earned a masters in theater arts from Portland State University.
Carolyn Gage | Early life
Hertz was born in Malta, Montana.
Greg Hertz | Early life
Maggie Fremont for "Vulture" assessed the episode saying, "if I shed any tears during “True Colors,” they were out of fear for Stephanie’s safety as Keith dragged her around a mystifyingly empty hospital. "That got real.""
Stephanie Edwards (Grey's Anatomy) | Reception
She received an honorary doctorate from Meadville Lombard Theological School, and is studying toward a Master of Divinity in theology at Union Theological Seminary of Columbia University.
Melissa Harris-Perry | Early life
Goossen was born on January 3, 1985, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Goossen was raised in a middle-class family, to a Japanese mother and a Canadian father. Goossen studied biochemistry at McGill University in Montreal, originally with the aim of becoming a gynecologist. During her studies, she decided to pursue an acting career.
Jeananne Goossen | Early life
McBride was born in Lexington, Kentucky, to parents John Leslie McBride and Suzanne Lillian (née Sagley) Her father owned his own business, and her mother studied at the historic Pasadena Playhouse. She had three siblings: John Michael), Neil Allen, and Melanie Suzanne.
Melissa McBride | Early life
Mathews was born on 17 January 1772 in Exeter, Devon, the daughter of an Exeter physician.
Eliza Kirkham Mathews | Early life
De Souza was raised in Scarborough, Ontario.
Kayla Desouza | Early life
George was born in Aleppo, Syria. Little is known about his early life but he immigrated to the United States around 1911 and searched for his mother and sisters who seem to have settled in the Nashville, Tennessee, area.
John George (actor) | Early years
Without a pathway to playing football beyond the age of twelve for females, she turned to basketball and netball. She attended high school at St Josephs College in Mildura.
Melissa Hickey | Early life
Christian was born Gabrielle Christine Horchler in Washington, D.C. to parents Gabe and Joani. She grew up in Cheverly, Maryland. She began performing in plays at age 12. She has four sisters (Gen, Steph, Jules, Ili). Christian acquired her first acting job while she still attending high school at Eleanor Roosevelt High School located in Greenbelt, Maryland, on the television series "Young Americans". She studied one and half years of theater at the University of Pittsburgh, before relocating to Los Angeles, California after landing roles on several television series.
Gabrielle Christian | Early life and career
Gray was born August 15, 1985 in Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C.. Both of her parents were teachers. Gray earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.
Briahna Joy Gray | Early life and education
Born Gabrielle Wren, in Sydney she moved to Hobart when she was five years old. Later she moved to Melbourne as a teenager. She was the daughter of Norah and Anthony Wren; her father was one of the eight children of John Wren.
Gabrielle Pizzi | Early life
Matthews was born in Toronto, Canada, on September 3, 1910. She graduated from the University of Toronto and from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England.
Grace Matthews | Early years
Mallet grew up in Shippagan, New Brunswick, and resides in Prince George, British Columbia.
Nathalie Mallet | Early Life
Sutherland was born at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. She lived in Tantallon, Maryland, where she attended Queen Anne School. She graduated from high school at the age of 16 and enrolled at Drew University, where she received a B.A. in political science and art history, and later attended American University, where she received a J.D. and M.B.A. After graduating from college, she moved to Fort Washington, Maryland.
Vanessa Allen Sutherland | Early life
She attended California State University Northridge and studied theater.
Alexandra Grey | Early life and education
Samantha Youssef was born in Montreal, Quebec. Both of her parents are surgeons. As a child, she attended ballet classes at the Royal Academy of Dance and Canada’s National Ballet School.
Samantha Youssef | Early life
George was born in Granada, Spain, but mainly grew up in the Metro Detroit area in Michigan, and currently lives in Ferndale, Michigan. While George looks European, like her Polish, Irish, and Scottish mother, George began to strongly identify and embrace her Chaldean heritage on her father's side early in life. After growing up in the area, George decided to stay close by to family and attended Wayne State University, where she majored in Theatre Arts. It was while she was working at the Wayne State University bookstore at the time of the Gulf War, that she had an encounter with a woman who stated "I really just hate seeing the Middle Eastern students on campus.
Jennifer George (playwright) | Early life
McLean was born to John and Leslea McLean and is one of two girls, her younger sister Jenna, raised in Snohomish, Washington and attended Glacier Peak High School.
Megs McLean | Early life and influences
Born and raised in New York City by Panamanian parents, Melissa De Sousa attended the renowned High School of Performing Arts as a ballet major, and began her career as a principle dancer with The Alvin Ailey American Dance Company before transitioning into acting.
Melissa De Sousa | Early life
Melissa Howard was born February 12, 1977 in Okinawa, Japan to a Filipino mother and a black father. She, her older sister Marlene and her younger brother, Michael, grew up in Valrico, Florida. She attended Brandon Senior High School and the University of South Florida, from which she graduated with a degree in journalism and mass communications.
Melissa Howard | Early life
Hough was born in Maryland, both of her parents are retired United States Army Field Band musicians. She started dancing at age 3, and switched to a competitive local studio at age 7, where she learned different dance styles. At age 13, she entered the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington DC, under Alla Sizova, but continued dancing with the local studio until she was 17.
Melissa Hough | Early life
McWilliam was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
George Roy McWilliam | Early life
Dean was born at St George's Hospital at Hyde Park Corner, London in 1959. She attended the Hurst Lodge School in Sunningdale England. She left the school winning the 'De Valois Prize' for Drama.
Felicity Dean | Early life
After just three weeks, he landed his first role on "General Hospital".
John Stamos | Early life