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Film & TV
Houston, Texas, USA
Melissa Marie Benoist (born October 4, 1988) is an American actress, singer and producer. Her first major role was Marley Rose on the Fox musical comedy drama Glee (2012–2014), where she was a series regular during the fifth season. She rose to widespread prominence for portraying the title character on the CBS / CW superhero series Supergirl (2015–2021), along with related media in the…
Known for
- 5 Things with Jay Mewes — Self - Guest2026
- The Waterfront — Bree Buckley2025
- Masters of the Universe: Revolution — Teela (voice)2024
- The Girls on the Bus — Sadie McCarthy2024
- Kevin Conroy: I Am the Knight — Self2023
- Clerks III — Auditioner2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- Magnum Dopus — Self2020
- Jay and Silent Bob Reboot — Chronic2019
- The Stew — Susan2019
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Key facts
- Born
- Melissa Marie Benoist , ( 1988-10-04 ) October 4, 1988 (age 37) , Houston , Texas, U.S.
- Education
- Marymount Manhattan College ( BA )
- Occupations
- Actress singer
- Years active
- 2000–present
- Spouses
- Blake Jenner ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2013 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2017 ) Chris Wood ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2019 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marie
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Houston
- Spouse
- Blake Jenner
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Supergirl
- Hair colour
- brown hair
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Melissa Benoist (48477063086) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 1.73
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Denver
- Voice type
- mezzo-soprano
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- date of birth
- 1988-10-04
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- Melissa Benoist
- start of work period
- 2008-00-00
- birth name
- Melissa Marie Benoist
- social media followers
- 944467
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Melissa Benoist
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Encyclopedic overview
Melissa Marie Benoist (/bəˈnɔɪst/ bə-NOYST; born October 4, 1988) is an American actress and singer. Her first major role was as Marley Rose on the Fox musical comedy drama Glee (2012–2014), in which she was a series regular during the fifth season. She rose to widespread prominence for portraying the title character on the superhero series Supergirl (2015–2021).
Benoist's film appearances include the drama Whiplash (2014), the comedy drama Danny Collins (2015), the crime comedy Band of Robbers (2015), the romantic Western The Longest Ride (2015), the action thriller Patriots Day (2016), the drama Lowriders (2016), and the comedy drama Sun Dogs (2017). She also portrayed the wife of cult leader David Koresh on the Paramount Network miniseries Waco (2018). On stage, Benoist made her Broadway debut in 2018 as Carole King in the jukebox musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.
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