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Melissa George

Melissa Suzanne George was born on the 6th August 1976 in Perth in Western Australia.
She started modeling in her early teens and in 1992 she was named Western Australia's Teenage Model of the Year.
At the age of sixteen she was discovered by casting agent Liz Mullinar and got the role of Angel Parrish on Home and Away.
Melissa made a health and fitness video called Mind, Body and Soul and created a sleepwear line named "An Angel at My Bedside".
She had a recurring role on the series called Roar as Molly opposite Heath Ledger, before leaving Australia to move to Los Angeles.
Melissa won small roles in several films including Dark City as May alongside Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland and Jennifer Connelly, The Limey as Jennifer 'Jenny' Wilson with Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda and Luis Guzman and in Mulholland Drive as Camilla Rhodes.
Other roles include Down with Love as Elkie and Sugar And Spice as Cleo Miller with Marla Sokoloff and Marley Shelton.
Melissa has also starred in Newport South as Amanda with Gabriel Mann and Blake Shields, The Amityville Horror as Kathy Lutz opposite Ryan Reynolds and Philip Baker Hall and in Derailed as Deanna Schine alongside Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston and Vincent Cassel.
Another role was in Paradise Lost which is also know as Turistas as Pru Stagler with Josh Duhamel and Olivia Wilde, also in Music Within as Christine and in Waz as Helen Westcott with Stellan Skarsgard and Selma Blair.
Melissa has appeared in Triangle as Jess with Liam Hemsworth and Rachael Carpani, 30 Days of Night as Stella Oleson opposite Josh Hartnett and Ben Foster and in The Betrayed as Jamie
Other roles have been in Charmed The Complete Sixth Season as Freyja opposite Alyssa Milano, Brian Krause, Holly Marie Combs, Drew Fuller and Rose MacGowan and in Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Sadie Harris.
Melissa has starred in Second Chances as Kate Fischer, Edge of Twilight as the voice of Galina and in U.S. Attorney as Susan Shelle.
Another role was in In Treatment as Laura and in Alias - Season 3 as Lauren Reed with Jennifer Garner, Michael Vartan and Ron Rifkin.
She is also starring in Swinging with the Finkels and is reprising her role of Stella Oleson in the sequel of 30 Days of Night in 30 Days of Night: Dark Days.


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Melissa George - what members say


  • The Amityville Horror
  • The Amityville Horror review by DJM666 from Walsall, England
    Rated - 3 stars An enjoyable if short horror movie 25 May 2006
    ...hroughout, and some good effects. The film also has a good cast (Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Jesse James, Jimmy Bennett, Rachel Nichols, Philip Baker Hall) and solid actin...  
  • Paradise Lost
  • Paradise Lost review by Kathyrut from Burton-On-Trent
    Rated - 3 stars **OK** 14 December 2007
    ...t,but watchable.Some parts abit boring,some great acting by them all especially Melissa George who played in Home & away.Some gore,could of done with abit more to get you on ...  
  • 30 Days of Night
  • 30 Days of Night review by XXX from Wolverhampton
    Rated - 4 stars Above Average Gorefest 7 November 2007
    ...st. Josh Hartnett, who can often be flat and inexpressive, raises his game. And Melissa George, having featured in some serious turkeys lately, proves she's an engaging actre...  

Melissa George - filmography


  • 30 Days of Night on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Josh Hartnett,  Ben Foster,  Melissa George
    Director: David Slade
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    For 30 days every winter, the isolated town of Barrow, Alaska is plunged into a state of complete darkness. It's a bitter time when most of the inhabitants head south. This winter, a mysterious group of strangers appear: bloood-thirsty vampires, ready to take advantage of the uninterrupted darkness ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 40,505 members
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  • Waz on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Stellan Skarsgard,  Melissa George,  Selma Blair
    Director: Tom Shankland
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In Waz bodies are turning up in the city streets - some horribly mutilated, others with an equation craved into their flesh. Detective Argo (Skarsgard) and his new partner (George) unearth the meaning of the equations, only to realise that each victim is being offered a grusome choice: kill your ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 6,160 members
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  • Derailed on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Clive Owen,  Jennifer Aniston,  Vincent Cassel
    Director: Mikael Hafstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    For Charles and Lucinda, a chance meeting quickly leads to unstoppable passion. But just as suddenly, a violent stranger explodes into their lives. Before they know it, they are thrown into an inescapable game of blackmail and sent hurlting towards a terrifying fate they may not survive...
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 38,027 members
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  • Newport South on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Melissa George,  Gabriel Mann,  Blake Shields
    Director: Kyle Cooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A teen drama scripted by James Hughes (son of the master of such fare, John Hughes), NEW PORT SOUTH stars Blake Shields as Maddox, the leader of a group of students fed up with the authoritarian ways of the administration at the movie's titular high school. Maddox's imagination is stirred when he ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 42% from 58 members
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  • The Limey on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Terence Stamp,  Peter Fonda,  Luis Guzman
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    With THE LIMEY, director Steven Soderbergh has crafted a stylish revenge thriller that also contains a refreshing sense of humor. Wilson (Terence Stamp), a tough English ex-con, travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death, which he is convinced was not accidental. After meeting Ed (Luis ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,370 members
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Melissa George facts

5 most recent films

Triangle - 3.0 stars
30 Days of Night - 3.5 stars
Waz - 2.5 stars
30 Days of Night - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Paradise Lost - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Alias - Season 3 - 4.0 stars
Dark City - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Derailed - 3.5 stars
30 Days of Night - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Dark City - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Newport South - 2.0 stars
Waz - 2.5 stars
Sugar And Spice - 2.5 stars
Paradise Lost - 3.0 stars
The Amityville Horror - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Frank Gallacher - 2 times - show films
Rufus Sewell - 2 times - show films
Joel Tobeck - 2 times - show films
Ritchie Singer - 2 times - show films
Jennifer Connelly - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Alex Proyas - 2 times - show films
John Stockwell - 2 times - show films
David Slade - 2 times - show films
none - 1 times - show films
Tom Shankland - 1 times - show films