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Melissa Benoist is an American author and performer whose career began in 2008. She is the author of four works, including *Haven's Secret* (the Powers Book 1), *Haven's Legacy* (the Powers Book 2), and *Supergirl*. Crossref lists five works associated with her name.
Born on October 4, 1988, Benoist stands 1.73 meters tall. She has one child and maintains a social media following of 944,467. Her musical profile includes tags such as USA, pop, female vocalists, glee, and supergirl, with a total playcount of 154,425 and 15,388 listeners.
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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
- Commons category
- 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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