Birth Name : Melissa Suzanne George
Date of Birth : 6 August 1976, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Height : 5' 7½" (1.71 m)
Occupation : Actress
Melissa George was born in Perth, Australia, on Aug. 6, 1976. Her's was an unusual path to show business, with childhood dance lessons leading to a sports career on the competitive roller-skating circuit, where she became a national champion. That exposure led to the fresh-faced teen being "discovered" for modeling work, and after snagging the title of Western Australia's Teenage Model of the Year at age 16, she was cast on the popular nighttime soap "Home and Away.
In 1996, George left Australia and moved to Los Angeles in search of bigger roles. She garnered various supporting parts in films such as Dark City (1998) and Steven Soderbergh's crime thriller The Limey (1999), before landing a key part in David Lynch's acclaimed neo noir mystery film, Mulholland Dr. (2001). While in Bali in 1998, George met future husband, Chilean filmmaker Claudio Dabed; the two were married in late 2000.
George finished the decade with several more horror films, including Turistas (2006) and 30 Days of Night (2007), as well as independent horror titles such as w Delta z (2007), The Betrayed (2008) and Triangle (2009). George was also active in television work, landing a role on the popular medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" (2005). Her greatest critical success would come with a role on "In Treatment" (2008), playing the love interest of Gabriel Byrne, which would garner her a Golden Globe nomination in 2009.
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