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Melissa George

Name	:	Melissa Suzanne George
Born	:	6 August 1976 - Perth, Western Australia
Occupation	:	Actress
Years active	:	1993 – ....

Melissa Suzanne George is an Australian American film and television actress who has worked in Australia, UK and US. George is perhaps best known for her role as Angel Parrish on the Australian soap opera Home and Away. She made her film debut in the neo-noir science fiction feature Dark City (1998), and later was cast in supporting roles in the films The Limey (1999) and Mulholland Drive (2001). Other film appearances include the remake of The Amityville Horror (2005), the thriller Turistas (2006), and the vampire horror film 30 Days of Night (2007). She garnered critical acclaim for her starring role in Triangle (2009).

Melissa George began modeling in her early teens, and in 1992 she was named Western Australia's Teenage Model of the Year. She is an Australian national roller skating champion and won bronze medals in the National Championships in 1989 and 1990. She won a silver medal at the Junior World Championship in 1991. She made a health and fitness video, Mind, Body and Soul (1996), created a sleepwear line called "An Angel at My Bedside", posed naked for Playboy magazine and had a recurring role on the short-lived Fox Broadcasting Company television fantasy drama series Roar (1997), opposite Heath Ledger, before leaving Australia to move to Los Angeles to try her luck in Hollywood.