Biography for
Melissa George (I) More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

6 August 1976, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Birth Name

Melissa Suzanne George

Nickname

Mel
Gorgeous George
Roo

Height

5' 7½" (1.71 m)

Spouse

Claudio Dabed

(22 September 2000 - present)

Trivia

Stepdaughter, Martina, born 1995.

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.

Dropped out of high school at age 16.

Best friends with Rachel Blanchard.

Met her future husband Claudio Dabed on June 20, 1998, in Bali.

Husband Claudio is Chilean.

Named Western Australia's teenage model of the year (1992).

Studied in Warwick Senior High School.

She's the second of four children.

Parents: Pamela and Glenn George.

She has two sisters named Marnie and Kate and one brother named Brett.

Personal Quotes

The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.

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.

[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!

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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