MELINDA MICHAEL AcTRESS & Model
[ Film | TV | COMMERCIAL | VOICE | Video game ]
MELINDA MICHAEL
UBCP-ACTRA, SAG-AFTRA Eligible
Height: 5’9” Weight: 140 lbs. Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue/Green
TELEVISION
The 100
Murdoch Mysteries
Hemlock Grove
Reign
IRL: In Real Life*
Motives and Murders: Cracking the Case
FILM
Bark
Baby, It's Cold Inside
Fit for a Prince
Subject 1
Saints City
The Evans Case
Tracy's Answer
Hmm
When We Were Young
Unhappy Happy*
On Again Off Again*
Nico
Selected*
Portrait of the Artist
Miss America
David Bowie Is Around the World
THEATRE
Twelfth Night
As You Like It
Alice in Wonderland
The Mistress of the Inn
Chicago
The Wiz
Once On This Island
Music Outreach Tour
WEB
Smile Squad: What it's like to have a Canadian Friend
Out of Time
VOICE OVER
The Challenge
EduFit
I Am Who I Say I Am: Positive Affirmations for Kids
Stardust [*World's 1st NFT Music Video]
Commercials available upon request.
TRAINING
Howard Fine Acting Studio
Lesly Kahn & Co
The Performer's Mindset
Anthony Meindl's Actor Workshop (AMAW)
The Marshall Studio
Character Creation
Killian's Workshop
The Performer's Mastery
The Actors Foundry
Dynamics Acting School
Professional Actors Lab
Armstrong Acting Studio
New Drama Company
Improv Your Acting
Mike Shore’s Get C.A.S.T
Gloria Mann Casting
Leach and Levy Casting
Matthew Barry Teaches
Actors Workshop Canada
TV Audition Workshop
Comedy/Sitcom Television Workshop
Voice Over
The Actors Company
Great Big Voices
Livingston Studios
Loop Group West
Performance Capture
Vault 501 Los Angeles
MoCap U
New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
Film & Television Acting
Commercial Acting
Improvisation
Voice and Speech
Stage Combat
Shakespeare School
Shakespeare Training
Musical Theatre Training
SPECIAL SKILLS
Sports: Martial Arts: Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Kali/Escrima (Semi-Pro Coaching with Sweden's National Coach, Jason Arnold & Peter Lee Thomas),
Hot Yoga, Cartwheels, Skipping, Cycling, Track and Field, Basketball, Volleyball, Archery
Dance: Hip-Hop, Ballet, Lyrical, Jazz, Pointe
Voice: Soprano 2 (Amabile Choir: International Competitor; Choir Olympics, Gold Medalist)
Instruments: Piano (Royal Conservatory of Music, Grade 8), Clarinet (Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra), Harmonium
Full Driver’s License: Class G (Canada), Class C (USA)
Languages: Studied Italian, Spanish, French, Greek, Hindi
Accents: British RP, Standard American, Irish, Quick Study with Dialects
Citizenships: Canadian Citizenship, U.S. Green Card
Certifications: Reiki Energy Healer, 'Yoga Barre' Fitness Instructor, On Camera Combatives Toronto Affiliate
AWARDS
"Stardust" – Best Music Video – Los Angeles Film Awards, Los Angeles Cinematography Awards (2021)
"In Real Life" – Best Web Series – Los Angeles Film Awards (2017)
"On Again Off Again" – Official Selection – Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival (2016)
"Selected" – Best Picture – Toronto Film School Festival of Films (2014)
"Unhappy Happy" – Best Micro-Budget Feature – Toronto Independent Film Festival (2013)
"Unhappy Happy" – Best Canadian Film – Daring Independent Film Festival (2013)
Guest Star
Guest Star
Guest Star
Co-Star
Lead
Lead
Olivia
Rosalind
Alice
Ortensia
Jail Bird/Dancer
Soloist
Ensemble
Various
Supporting
Supporting
Script Analysis Seminar Howard Fine
Intro Work Session Lesly Kahn
Intro Mindset Intensive Joe Towne, David Reale
Foundations, Tony's On-Camera Intensive Anthony Meindl, Barbara Howlin
Master Class James Marshall
Character Analysis Intensive Penelope Chater
Commercial Foundations Jenny Schmidt
Performer's Mastery Workshop Linda Darlow, Henry J. Mah
Foundry Intensives, Level I and II Matthew Harrison
Audition Dynamics Ron Leach
On-Camera Scene Study, Exploring Emotion through Song David Rotenberg
Intro to Acting On-Camera Robert Kennedy
Meisner Technique AJ Jaywar
Improv & Scene Study Tony Babcock
Audition Intensive Michael Gordin Shore
Commercial & Scene Study Workshop Gloria Mann, CDC
Audition Technique Workshop Brian Levy, CDC
Film Audition & Scene Study Workshop Matthew Barry, CSA
Alex Newman, CSA (UDK Casting)
G. Charles Wright, CSA
Commercial Voice Over James Murray
Teen + Adult Animation Workshop Sunday Muse
Susan Hart's Animation Workshop Susan Hart, Elley Ray
Looping ADR Training Wolfie Trausch
Motion Capture & Game Immersive Voice Recording Victoria Atkin, Trine Jensen
Acting for Video Games Intensive Amber Goldfarb, Kim Hurdon, Ivan
Sherry, Colin Graham (Ubisoft)
Rich Devaney
Nicholas Giangiulio
Suzanne Hevner
Ginger Eckert
David Debesse
Edward Daranyi
Barbara Young
CW Network | Mairzee Almas
CBC | Cal Coons
Netflix | Russell Fine
CW Network, CBS | Stuart Gillard
Bell Media | Bobby Del Rio
Cineflix (Motives 3) Inc. | Dave Tebby
Fireside Pictures | Marita Grabiak
Hallmark, W Network | Marita Grabiak
Hallmark, W Network | Marita Grabiak
Andrisk Inc, and Media at Large | Valerie Buhagiar
Yeung Blood Productions | King Yeung
Lionssphere Productions | Shaughn Russell
Yeung Blood Productions | King Yeung
Nemali Productions | Gopala Krishna
Centennial College | Toni Francis
Rob Shaw Productions | Robert Shaw
Movement Media Entertainment | Arsalan Shirazi, Biko Franklin
Flossy Productions | Kevin Alvez
Toronto Film School | Matt Read, Stas Simon
Cosmotion Pictures | Jack Wiktor
Ryerson University | Hakyung Chang
My Name Is Khan | Timothy Hwd Khan
Shakespeare School | Barbara Young
Shakespeare School | Edward Daranyi
Original Kids Theatre | Debbi Abbot
University of Toronto | Antonia Serrao-Soppelsa
University of Toronto | Shak Haq
Mother Teresa Secondary School | Ed MacNeil
Mother Teresa Secondary School | Ed MacNeil
The Young Americans
Large Supporting
Large Supporting
Large Supporting
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Supporting
Supporting
Supporting
Supporting
Supporting
Supporting
Featured
Animation / Lead
E-Learning / Narrator
Audiobook / Narrator
News Anchor / Voice
3fifths Human Productions | Alonzo Bartley
Edufic Digital | Dennis Ranjith, Reema Chitalia
Audible | Lily Capone
Bkreativ Productions | James Bamford, Uzair Merchant
Smile Squad | Markian B.
Zabou Productions | Rodney V. Smith