Melissa George
Australian actress
- Born August 6, 1976
- 3 movies
Melissa George is an Australian-American actress, born on 6 August 1976 in Perth. She began as Angel Parrish on the Australian soap Home and Away from 1993 to 1996, then moved to the United States, making her feature debut in Dark City. Leading roles followed in The Amityville Horror, Derailed, 30 Days of Night and Triangle. On television she played Lauren Reed on Alias, earned a Golden Globe nomination for HBO's In Treatment and won the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress for the Australian miniseries The Slap. She later starred in Apple TV's The Mosquito Coast.
Melissa George appears in 3 films in The Rerun, from 1998 to 2007. Most of that work is in thriller, mystery and horror.
Known for
- Home and Away (1993), Angel Parrish. Began her career on the Australian soap from 1993 to 1996.
- In Treatment (2008), Laura Hill. Earned a Golden Globe nomination for the first season.
- The Slap (2011), Rosie. Won the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress.
- 30 Days of Night (2007). One of the genre films that brought her further recognition.
- Mulholland Drive (2001). A film credit from 2001.
Career
George won two Logie Awards during her run on Home and Away, then relocated to Hollywood in late 1997. Small parts in Dark City (1998), Steven Soderbergh’s The Limey (1999) and David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive (2001) led to television, including a recurring role on Alias. Her first starring film role was the 2005 remake of The Amityville Horror, and she became a dependable genre lead with 30 Days of Night (2007) and the time-loop thriller Triangle (2009).
Prestige television gave her stronger material: a Golden Globe-nominated turn as a patient in the first season of HBO’s In Treatment (2008), and the Logie-winning role of Rosie in The Slap (2011), which she reprised in the 2015 American version. From 2021 to 2023 she played Margot Fox in The Mosquito Coast.
Where to start
- 30 Days of Night (2007): a lean vampire siege set in an Alaskan town without sunlight.
- Mulholland Drive (2001): a brief but memorable presence in Lynch’s dream-noir.
- The Slap (2011): the Australian drama that brought her a Logie.
- In Treatment (2008): a Golden Globe-nominated performance in a therapy-room drama.
Movies
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Melissa George been in?
- Melissa George appears in 30 Days of Night (2007), Mulholland Drive (2001) and Dark City (1998) on The Remote.
- When was Melissa George born?
- Melissa George was born on 6 August 1976.
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