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Melissa Benoist

Melissa Benoist's biography

Melissa Marie Benoist is 34 years old actor born at Houston, Texas, USA. She was born on Tuesday 4th of October 1988. Melissa is often nicknamed as Marley Rose. According to year of birth 1988 she belongs to Millennials. Birthday on 4th of October means Melissa is Libra. Libra sign depicts that it is all about “Balance”. It seems that their life is very balanced, however, things are way opposite as they always face unstable situations in order to balance it further.She was married 2 times.

Melissa Marie Benoist's spouse

She is married to Chris Wood

Melissa is native english speaker. Melissa is white american. She is citizen of United States of America. Her primary profession is to be actor. You can know her also as singer, dancer, television director, voice actor, television producer. She is recently known as film producer.

Melissa Benoist's family

Melissa Benoist's husband

Melissa Benoist's ex husbands

Blake Jenner

Melissa Benoist and Blake Jenner have been together since 2013 for 4 years. He is known as singer. Her ex husband was born on Thursday 27th of August 1992.

Melissa Benoist's schools

We found 2 schools She attended. Complete list of schools: Arapahoe High School, Marymount Manhattan College.

Detailed informations about her schools

She studied high school - Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, USA in 2007, William McKinley High School.

She studied university - Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, New York, USA in 2011.

Melissa Benoist's career

Melissa´s main focus is to be actor. Melissa is famous thanks to Marley Rose on Glee, Kara Danvers / Kara Zor-El / Supergirl on Supergirl.

Is Melissa Benoist gay ?

She is known to be straight.

What else you don't know about Melissa Benoist ?

Melissa´s middle name is Marie.

What Melissa Benoist has done for a first time

  • Was the very first of a thousand actors to audition for the title role of Supergirl (2015), just as Stephen Amell for Arrow (2012) and Grant Gustin for The Flash (2014), all produced by Greg Berlanti.
  • First auditioned for the role of Jessica Kensky before being cast as Katherine Russell in Patriots Day (2016).

Melissa Benoist's quotes

  • I love female singer-songwriters!
  • I'm obsessed with Michael Fassbender. He's unbelievable. I think he's a modern-day Marlon Brando. Every movie that he's done in the past couple years, I just died for him. He's extremely fascinating.
  • At school, when it came to being social, I had no idea how to do it.
  • Reading about myself on 'Perez Hilton' was kind of the weirdest thing ever.
  • I'm definitely interested in doing movies. I've always focused more on acting than singing because that's where my true passion lies.
  • If I had any advice for my 16-year-old self, it would just be to stay strong, because acting is not an easy lifestyle, especially when you are starting out. That being said, it definitely makes it all worth it when it does happen.
  • Every day, I just thank the universe that I am as lucky as I am. Because, I went through periods of time when I didn't have a single bit of work. Months and months where I was auditioning all the time. I mean, all the time, and nothing was happening.
  • [on Supergirl (2015)] I think what's feminist about it is that it's for everyone.
  • [on being a superhero fan growing up] I was a DC fan, not so much the comics. I loved Michael Keaton's Batman (1989). I grew up with those movies.
  • I think it's modest in that you can believe someone could fight for their lives in that suit without having a wardrobe malfunction and something popping out. That's what I never understood about Wonder Woman. I'm like, 'How does she fight?'
  • I don't think I've ever hit anyone before, and so I definitely had to learn technique - like how to actually punch someone and not hurt yourself more than you're hurting the person you're punching. And core work and Pilates and [plyometrics], a lot of it.
  • Kara is so optimistic, and so positive, and just full of hope all the time. My tendency can sometimes be 'Oh, man, if I were in this situation, I'd feel hopeless.' But she never feels that. There's never really a horribly dark moment in Supergirl's life.
  • This job [Supergirl (2015)] is definitely teaching me to stand up for myself and to not take any -- I don't want to say a bad word. This is me being modest -- not take any crap, yeah.
  • [on her role in Danny Collins (2015)] I [had] such a small role in that movie, yet every single person in that movie went to Al Pacino's house to rehearse.
  • I don't think of myself as that tough, kick-ass, badass woman. I've always been a pacifist, for one, and I was [always] weirder and quirkier and dorkier.
  • [on Whiplash (2014)] I had never read anything like [that script]; I mean, he has entire pages that are stage direction.
  • [on not meeting the real life Katherine Russell, who she plays in Patriots Day (2016)] That wasn't an option for me because of the nature of her involvement.
  • I honestly prefer working on indie films. I prefer the people, I prefer a more intimate setting. That's how I find the moments that I'm looking for as an actor., but that doesn't mean I don't have respect for the other side of the business.
  • I want there to always be humanity driving my work. I want to do things that I care about, that I connect to.
  • [on the character of Rachel Koresh] She's not about truth, justice and the American way.
  • when fame and financial success are not on the agenda at all, that's when the true art form emerges. I really respect that.
  • Singing is much more of a visceral thing, where you can lose yourself. But acting's like therapy to me.
  • I love sitting at a pottery wheel, even if I mess up every piece I'm trying to throw. It's such a meditating and calming feeling; it kind of grounds me .
  • What I find the most interesting about playing Kryptonians is that they're so squeaky clean. Be it Clark Kent or Kara Danvers, they're so all-American that sometimes you want their moral compass to stray a bit, for them to have a dilemma.
  • You're as strong as you think you can be.
  • Supergirl is this unattainable, idealistic optimist of an alien, and all of us can escape into her world, and she always saves the day.
  • Just because you might not be happy doesn't mean you're not inspired or fulfilled or stimulated."
  • I love solitude, and I'm not afraid of it.
  • [on her Broadway debut] Living out a story eight times a week is difficult and draining emotionally but very fulfilling. I will absolutely always be looking for more.
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Melissa Benoist's height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color

Lets describe how Melissa Benoist looks. We will focus on her height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color and shoe size. She is tall as 5' 8" (173 cm). Melissa weights 121lbs (55 kg). Body build is slim. Melissa´s eyes are tinted blue. Her hair is shade of dyed blonde. If you are really curious, you may find interesting Melissa´s shoe size is 8 (US), 40 (EU), 6.5 (UK), 250 (J).

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