Melissa Suzanne George Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Melissa Suzanne George (born 6 August 1976) is an Australian-born film and television actress who has worked in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. George is perhaps best known in Australia for her role as Angel Parrish on the Australian soap opera Home and Away (1993–1996). After moving to America, she appeared in television series such as Friends (2003), Alias (2003–2004), In Treatment (2008), Grey's Anatomy (2008–2009) and Lie to Me (2010), earning a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for In Treatment.She made her film début in the neo-noir science fiction feature Dark City (1998) and later appeared in supporting roles in films, including The Limey (1999) and Mulholland Drive (2001). She has gone on to have lead roles in films, including the remake of The Amityville Horror (2005), the thriller Turistas (2006), the vampire horror film 30 Days of Night (2007) and garnered critical acclaim for her starring role in Triangle (2009).Her most recent credits include the thriller A Lonely Place to Die (2011), the Australian drama series The Slap (2011), for which she won a Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress, and the British-American spy drama series Hunted (2012).
Perth, Western Australia, Citizenship Australian and American
Height
5' 7½" (1.71 m)
Profession
Actress
Education
Warwick Senior High School
Spouse
Claudio Dabed (divorced)
Children
Raphaël Blanc, Solal Samuel Glenn Blanc
Parents
Pamela George, Glenn George
Siblings
Kate George, Brett George, Marnie George
Partner
Jean David Blanc
Awards
Logie Award for Best Actress, Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress, Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent
Nominations
Gold Logie Award for Best Personality on Australian Television, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television, AACTA Awards - Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actress
Movies
The Amityville Horror, 30 Days of Night, Turistas, Dark City, Triangle, Mulholland Drive, A Lonely Place to Die, Derailed, Music Within, The Limey, The Betrayed, Sugar & Spice, Down with Love, Swinging with the Finkels, Between Us, W?Z, New Port South, Felony, Lost in Oz, Second Chances, U.S. Attorn...
TV Shows
Heartbeat, Hunted, The Slap, In Treatment, Alias, Roar, Grey's Anatomy, Home and Away, Two Twisted, Bag of Bones, Thieves, U.S. Attorney
Star Sign
Leo
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Quote
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[On watching the heart operation of a 72-year-old man at a hospital in Paris in the lead up to her new role on NBC medical drama, Heartbeat] Usually you're up in the observation deck but this time the doctor said 'scrub in and come and assist me.' And so I stood on my feet, next to the surgeon, for almost eight hours and the patient was prepped and when they pulled out that saw, I looked at him and said: 'you're not going to cut him open are you?' and he just said, 'well how else am I going to get to the heart?' And it was, you know, spectacular - it made me want to cry. I waited until they closed him up, then had to rush home and shower because I was covered in bone dust and then I had to go from there to the Christian Dior fashion show. I sat there and looked at everyone in the front row and I could see their hearts beating through their shirts. Hours before I had a heart in my hand with this doctor and I thought 'I know what every single one of you looks like on the inside'. If teenagers could watch open-heart surgery and see the beauty of a heart ... to know, if you look after that heart, eating well and exercising, every teenager, every person should see that so they know (hearts) are the most beautiful part of your anatomy ... it's pretty amazing.
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[on her split from previous husband, Chilean director Claudio Dabed] I was the one who went out to work, I was the one who did every single thing in the relationship.
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I come home and pay my taxes and work - I'm very much a proud Australian. When all this came out, my father called me and said, "That's my girl". He's an amazing man - he raised three very strong girls. That's what I'm defined by - not a payroll I was on in 1993. [Home and Away (1988)] was a difficult time for me. I was very young, I was taken away from my family, barely 16. I was working 20 hours a day, getting paid very little. It was hard. Since then, I've bought my own properties, become an independent woman. And I've made Australian productions every year.
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[on her getting back to shape pretty quick after giving birth] This is a good message for women: If you've had a baby, really take time out [and breastfeed]. Not only does it shrink your uterus back into shape very fast, it also keeps a layer of fat around your midriff, which you need to feed. You do not diet when you're breastfeeding. And don't eat for two. That's what a doctor in Paris told me: 'In France, we eat for one, not two.'
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I don't need credibility from my country any more, I just need them all to be quiet. If they have nothing intelligent to say, please don't speak to me any more. I'd rather be having a croissant and an espresso in Paris or walking my French bulldog in New York City. I've never spoken out about it because I have to be the loyal good Aussie, who goes away and comes home. But I'm a really hard-working woman and people have to respect me for what I've done ... my next call will be to Home And Away to ask them to pay me because nobody does more promotion for that f***ing show than me.
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No matter what the character is, I just say to myself "If I, Melissa George, was in that situation, how would I react?" and once you do that you can just go for it, and hopefully the performance comes through.
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[on her film Sugar & Spice (2001)] Huge party, from the day we started until we wrapped in Minneapolis. We'd all go to coffee in the morning and we became best friends. We were so excited to be in an all-girl film. It was one big shopping spree. They put us in this hotel across from a shopping mall, and we were often late for work!
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The part I enjoy about acting is just having that imagination, taking your mind to a place that you wouldn't normally necessarily go to.
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The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.
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Fact
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The only person to appear in both the original Australian version of ''The Slap (2011)'' and it's American remake.
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Was named one of People's 2016 World's Most Beautiful.
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She watched a 72-year-old man in Paris undergo heart surgery in the lead up to her new role on NBC medical drama, Heartbeat.
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Melissa George became the first celebrity to imprint her hands into Walk of Fame of Warner Bros. Movie World in Gold Coast, Australia. She signed it "Love always, Melissa George, 2008" in August 2008 while she was filming Triangle.
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Melissa made it to the list of Who magazine's World's Sexiest People of 2008.
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Melissa described her role in the psychological thriller 'Triangle' as one of the most difficult roles she has performed.
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Melissa is a talented roller skater who took home bronze medals in national competitions in 1989 and 1990 and a silver medal in 1991.
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Melissa claims that she was a class clown in high school.
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Melissa learned a bit of Portuguese for the movie Turistas.
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Melissa was a huge Grey's Anatomy fan even before joining the cast for the show.
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In 1997, Melissa appeared topless in the Australian Playboy.
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Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 39, a son Solal Samuel Glenn Blanc on November 3, 2015. Child's father is her boyfriend, Jean-David Blanc.
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Became an American citizen in 2008.
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(June 5, 2015) Expecting her 2nd child with her boyfriend Jean-David Blanc.
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Returned to work 2 weeks after giving birth to her son Raphael, in order to begin filming an untitled TV pilot, alongside Katie Holmes, which didn't get picked up later.
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She describes her French as "passable" - and says it's "getting better day by day".
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U.S. producers were so taken by her recurring guest role on TV's The Good Wife (2009), that she was asked to stay on during her pregnancy, with the series storyline specifically adapted to accommodate her growing bump.
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 37, a son Raphaël Blanc on February 6, 2014. Child's father is her boyfriend, Jean-David Blanc.
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Has been in a relationship with Jean-David Blanc since 2011. They have two sons together.
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Divides her time between New York City and Paris.
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She has two sisters named Marnie and Kate and one brother named Brett.
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Her parents are Pamela (a nurse) and Glenn George (a construction worker).
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She's the second of four children.
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Studied in Warwick Senior High School.
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Named Western Australia's teenage model of the year (1992).
Was an Australian national champion in rollerskating. She won bronze medals in the National Championships in 1989 and 1990 and a silver medal at the Junior World Championship in 1991.
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Former stepdaughter, Martina Dabed, was born in 1995.
$13 Million
