Key facts
- Born
- Melissa Suzanne George , ( 1976-08-06 ) 6 August 1976 (age 49) , Perth , Australia
- Citizenship
- Australia United States (from 2008)
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1992–present
- Spouse
- Claudio Dabed ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2000 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2011 )
- Partner
- Jean-David Blanc (2011–2016)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Suzanne
- Family name
- George
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Perth
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Official website
- melissageorge.co.uk
- Image
- MelissaGeorgeJun09.jpg
- Height
- 1.71
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Melissa George
- date of birth
- 1976-08-06
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Melissa Suzanne George (born 6 August 1976) is an Australian and American actress. She began her career playing Angel Parrish on the Australian soap opera Home and Away between 1993–1996. After moving to the United States, George made her feature film debut with a supporting role in the 1998 tech noir Dark City. She made the transition to leading roles when she starred in the 2005 remake of The Amityville Horror, gaining further recognition with the thriller Derailed (2005), and the genre films 30 Days of Night (2007) and Triangle (2009).
Outside film, George played the recurring role of Lauren Reed on ABC's Alias (2003–2004). She was Golden Globe nominated for playing Laura Hill on the first season of HBO's In Treatment (2008), and won the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress for her portrayal of Rosie in the Australian miniseries The Slap (2011); a part she reprised in the 2015 American adaptation. She starred as Margot Fox on the Apple TV+ drama series The Mosquito Coast from 2021–2023.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melissa George” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.