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Melissa Benoist

Highest Rated: 94% Whiplash (2014)

Lowest Rated: 31% The Longest Ride (2015)

Birthday: Oct 4, 1988

Birthplace: Littleton, Colorado, USA

Lively and alluring actor Melissa Benoist made her first big splash with audiences in 2012, when she was cast as the fresh-faced Marley Rose on the hit musical series "Glee" (Fox, 2009-2015). Born in Littleton, Colorado in 1988, Benoist began appearing in regional theater as a child, even performing with future Broadway star Annaleigh Ashford in a Town Hall Arts Center production of "The Sound of Music" when she was 12 years old. Benoist would go on to enroll at Marymount Manhattan College in New York, even as she simultaneously pursued a professional career as an actor. She made her on-screen debut in an independent drama called "Tennessee" (2009) starring singer Mariah Carey, while continuing to act in college plays, starring in Marymount productions of "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "As You Like It," both in 2009. In 2012, she completed a rigorous, multi-step audition process for the series "Glee," beginning with a singing audition at the Roundabout Theatre Company in New York. She would go on to complete two more live auditions, in addition to two screen tests for various producers in both New York and Los Angeles. Benoist eventually won the role of Marley, and soon followed it with a memorable turn in the sleeper hit "Whiplash" (2014). In 2015, Benoist was cast as the teenaged caped crusader for a TV version of "Supergirl" (CBS/The CW 2015- ), which was a critical and audience success. Between seasons, Benoist co-starred in the Mark Wahlberg thriller "Patriots Day" (2016) and indie drama "Lowrider" (2016). Benoist also starred in "Juvenile" (2018), the writing and producing of her then-husband, Blake Jenner, but the film's release was delayed by the couple's 2017 divorce. The following year, Benoist co-starred in "Waco" (Paramount 2018), a miniseries about the siege at a religious cult's compound near Waco, Texas in 1993, and the indie drama "Sun Dogs" (2018).

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Highest rated movies

94% 94% Whiplash Watchlist 81% 61% Band of Robbers Watchlist 80% 86% Patriots Day Watchlist 68% Sun Dogs Watchlist 77% 73% Danny Collins Watchlist 58% 61% Lowriders Watchlist
35% 54% Tennessee
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31% 71% The Longest Ride
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50% Juvenile Watchlist
44% Freedom Fighters: The Ray
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 44% Freedom Fighters: The Ray Overgirl (Voice) - 2018
No Score Yet 50% Juvenile Jennifer (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 68% Sun Dogs Tally Petersen (Character) - 2017
58% 61% Lowriders Lorelai (Character) $6.2M 2016
80% 86% Patriots Day Katherine Russell (Character) $31.8M 2016
81% 61% Band of Robbers Becky Thatcher (Character) - 2015
31% 71% The Longest Ride Marcia (Character) $37.4M 2015
77% 73% Danny Collins Jamie (Character) $5.5M 2015
94% 94% Whiplash Nicole (Character) $911.4K 2014
35% 54% Tennessee Laurel - age 18 (Character) - 2008

TV

Credit
57% 88% The Girls on the Bus Sadie McCarthy (Character),
Producer
2024
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2018 2021 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Jennifer Hudson Show Guest 2024
No Score Yet 55% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2021 2024
95% 53% Masters of the Universe: Revelation Teela (Voice) 2024
88% 47% Supergirl Kara Danvers/Supergirl (Character),
Director
2015-2021
83% 23% Batwoman Kara (Guest Star) 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crisis Aftermath Self 2019
No Score Yet 18% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2015 2019
86% 63% Arrow Kara Danvers/Supergirl (Guest Star) 2016-2018
89% 59% The Flash Supergirl (Guest Star) 2017-2018
70% 76% Waco Rachel Koresh (Character) 2018
89% 69% DC's Legends of Tomorrow Kara Danvers/Supergirl (Guest Star) 2016-2017
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2016
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2015
No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2015
70% 72% Glee Marley Rose (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2012-2015
93% 90% The Good Wife Molly (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 81% Blue Bloods Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 72% Law & Order: Criminal Intent Unknown (Guest Star) 2010