American actress Melissa Benoist became popular thanks to her work in the TV show "Choir". To consolidate the success and fame of the actress helped the main role in the TV series, based on the DC comics comic series, called "Supergirl", which has been released since 2015.
In 1988, a girl named Melissa Mary Benoist was born to the family of a medical worker, Jim, and a housewife, Julia. Date of birth: October 4. In addition to Melissa herself, this family had two more children, also girls. In addition, when his parents separated, Jim remarried, Melissa had five half-sisters and brothers.
Melissa Benoist's hometown is Houston, Texas, USA. However, the future actress spent her childhood and teenage years in a place called Littleton in Colorado.
Facts from the biography of Melissa Benoist
Melissa began to demonstrate a craving for creativity and art at a very early age. Initially, the girl was fascinated by dancing, because at the age of three, her parents sent the baby to a choreographic studio. A year later, little Melissa mastered the basics of ballet, while standing out favorably against the background of other children, and also successfully tap-dancing.
Melissa's aunt worked at the church and organized parties and shows. It was she who called little Melissa to the theatrical amateur play, staged at the church as part of one of the holidays. Thus, the first entry on the stage for the future popular actress took place at the age of four. And from that moment on, the girl fired up the dream of becoming an artist.
While attending school until 2007 in Littleton, Melissa also studied at the School of Performing Arts for Children and Adolescents. This allowed her to perform at Disneyland in the summer. In addition, as a teenager, Melissa Benoist seriously studied music, vocals and honed her stage skills at one of the theater schools in Colorado.
When Melissa graduated from school, she moved to New York. In this metropolis, the girl entered Marymount Manhattan, where she studied until 2011, choosing for herself the department of theatrical art. During her studies, Melissa managed to take part in the filming of the movie "Tennessee", which was released in 2008. In addition, in 2010-2011, the aspiring actress worked in a number of popular television series, including Blue Blood, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, and Homeland. As a rule, Melissa's roles were small, she was filmed alone in one or two episodes, but during this period she managed to get a good experience of working in front of cameras.
Acting way
Melissa Benoist began to fully develop her career after graduating from higher education in New York. Now in her filmography, there are more than fifteen projects in which she starred.
Having decided not to leave television after small roles in the series, in 2012 Melissa went to the casting for the television project "Khor". At that time, three seasons of this series had already been released. Thanks to her acting skills, appearance and good vocals, Melissa still managed to get into the cast of this television project, where she worked until 2014. In total, the young actress starred in 35 episodes. It was the work on this series that drew attention to Melissa and made her popular.
A new career success was the signing of a contract to work in the television series "Supergirl", in which Melissa Benoist was approved for the leading role. The actress still works in this project, having already become famous. The first episodes of Supergirl were released in 2015. In the same year, the actress appeared in a number of feature films: "Second Chance", "Billy's Boy". And in 2016, the film "Patriot Day" was released.
Thanks to the role of Supergirl, Melissa Benoist has started appearing in projects related to this series since 2016. She has starred in The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, which air on the CW and are combined into one DC comics television universe with Supergirl.
For her role in Supergirl, Melissa Benoist was nominated for a 2016 Saturn Award in the Breakthrough of the Year and Best Television Actress categories. And in 2017, she won the Teen Choice Awards for Best Action TV Actress.
Personal life, family, relationships
Melissa got married for the first time in 2015. The actress's husband was Blake Jenner, with whom Melissa worked together in the series "Glee". However, already in 2017, young people announced a divorce.
In early 2017, it became known that Melissa Benoist had an affair with Chris Wood, one of the roles in the Supergirl television series. The relationship of young people is very serious; in February 2019, their engagement was announced.
At the moment, Melissa Benoist has no children, and you can follow how the artist lives with the help of her official pages on social networks, which she updates quite often.
