Melissa George
Name: Melissa George or Melissa Suzanne George
6 August 1976 (1976-08-06) (age 33)
Perth, Western Australia
Occupation: Australian Golden Globe-nominated actress
Spouse(s) Claudio Dabed (2000–present)
Melissa Suzanne George has worked in Australia and the United States in film and television.
George achieved a significant breakthrough in 2003 when she landed the role of Lauren Reed on the ABC series Alias. Also that year, she became Rachel’s nanny in the American sitcom Friends.
Her first starring role in a feature film was Kathy Lutz in the 2005 remake of The Amityville Horror. The same year, she played Deanna Schine in the thriller Derailed, co-starring Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston.
2006 was a busy year for George, who filmed three new movies; the drama Music Within, opposite Ron Livingston, the thriller WΔZ, opposite Stellan Skarsg?rd, and the film adaptation of the graphic novel 30 Days of Night, directed by David Slade and co-starring Josh Hartnett. Also this year, she starred in the horror-thriller Turistas. George made her return to television in 2008 in the HBO half-hour drama In Treatment, co-starring Gabriel Byrne and Dianne Wiest. In 2006, it was announced that George would be the new face and spokesperson for cosmetics company Napoleon Perdis, and the Australian jewelry company Linneys. She has also been appointed as an official ambassador for the 2007 52nd World Artistic Roller Skating Championships.
In September 2008, it was announced that she was joining the cast of Grey’s Anatomy for 11 episodes as Sadie Harris, a bisexual intern. In January 2009, it was announced that George was leaving Grey’s Anatomy due to a mutual agreement between her and the show’s producers.
Film works
Year Title Role Other notes
1998 Dark City May
1999 The Limey Jennifer ‘Jenny’ Wilson
2001 Mulholland Drive Camilla Rhodes
Sugar & Spice Cleo Miller
New Port South Amanda
2003 Down with Love Elkie
2005 The Amityville Horror Kathy Lutz
Derailed Deanna Schine
2006 Turistas Pru Stagler
2007 Music Within Christine
WΔZ Helen Westcott
30 Days of Night Stella Oleson
2008 The Betrayed Jamie
2009 Triangle Jess Completed
TV works
Year Show Role Notes
1993–1996 Home and Away Angel Parish Logie Award
1997 Fable Rex Fable TV-Movie
Roar Molly Recurring role
2001 Thieves Rita
2003 Charmed Freyja Valhalley of the Dolls
2003–2004 Alias Lauren Reed
2008 In Treatment Laura Golden Globe nomination
2008–2009 Grey’s Anatomy Sadie Harris Recurring role
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