Nurtured from birth by a pastor and a tennis player, acting might be the last thing on the list of what Melissa Roxburgh wanted to do. Nonetheless, her parents seem to have supported her interest in the performing arts, and although she didn’t start early, she landed her first professional acting role at the age of 17.
The Canadian-American actress rocked the script with Rachel in the film Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, as well as Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Heatwave which remains one of her popular appearances. She is currently evoking a sense of nostalgia in audiences with her starring role as Michaela Stone on NBC’s supernatural series, Manifest.
Melissa Roxburgh’s Bio
As often misinterpreted, Melissa has no family relationship with Australian actor Richard Roxburgh, despite the similarity in their names. She has a brother named Matt, as well as two sisters, Kristie and Ashley.
Melissa Roxburgh was born as the second child in the family on December 10, 1992. Her father is a pastor while her mother was a tennis player at Wimbledon, but later teamed up with her husband to start a church in Vancouver.
Apart from her Canadian nationality, Melissa is also an American national, her father being from Chicago.
5 things you need to know about the actress
1. Movie Credits
Fresh out of high school, Melissa Roxburgh knew what career she wanted to pursue so she hired an agent and it wasn’t long before she landed her first role. Her first notable film credit was in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, where she was cast as Rachel in 2011, and she followed the following year with a different role in the sequel Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dog Days – this time she was cast as Heather Hills.
She has also had significant roles in several other films including Big Time Movie as Princess (2012), Leprechaun: Origins as Jeni (2014), The Marine 4: Moving Target as Loivia Tanis (2015), Star Trek Beyond as Ensign Syl (2016), as well as Loss of Comfort as Azaria, also in 2016.
2. Television career
She’s also built a strong television career, starting with the Supernatural spinoff Bloodlines as Violet Duval in 2014. The CW network, however, failed to pick up the show which ultimately only not been broadcast. Nevertheless, Melissa Roxburgh landed the lead role in another CW show titled Valor. Her role as Thea on Valor lasted from 2017 to 2018 before the show was canceled, just after one season and 13 episodes. The cancellation didn’t spell Melissa’s death, but did allow her to fulfill her current role as Michaela Stone on Manifest; she has remained on the show to this day.
The actress can be credited with other television appearances. People of Tomorrow where she played Talia in one episode, Legends of Tomorrow as Betty Seaver (one episode), Travelers as Carrie, and Sorority Murder as Carly (TV movie).
3. She would have been a journalist
Before landing a spot on the hit series Manifest, Melissa Roxburgh took classes in the communications department at Simon Fraser University. His plan at the time was to pursue a career as a journalist. That aspiration must have been gutted when she cast Manifest, though we can’t entirely rule out the possibility of seeing her in the journalism profession in the future.
4. His net worth
Still building her career to achieve great things Melissa hasn’t amassed much wealth yet, but she’s surely a millionaire if various reports of her having a million dollars in net worth are to be believed.
5. Height and other trivial facts
Melissa Roxburgh is 5ft 5in and weighs a perfect 52kg to go with her. She loves to travel a lot, a passion she developed growing up in a family that went to different places to do missionary work. They went to different places, including Africa, Albania and Guatemala. These trips sparked Melissa’s interest in social justice issues. To support this cause, she is responsible for the generic division of the International Rescue Committee (IRC). The committee is designed to help those in serious humanitarian crises.
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