About Melissa George
Melissa Suzanne George (born 6 August 1976) is an Australian-American actress. She began her career playing Angel Parrish on the Australian soap opera Home and Away between 1993–1996. After moving to the United States, George made her feature film debut with a supporting role in the 1998 tech noir Dark City. She made the transition to leading roles when she starred in the 2005 remake of The Amityville Horror, gaining further recognition with the thriller Derailed (2005), and the genre films 30 Days of Night (2007) and Triangle (2009). Outside film, George played the recurring role of Lauren Reed on ABC's Alias (2003–2004). She was Golden Globe nominated for playing Laura Hill on the first season of HBO's In Treatment (2008), and won the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress for her portrayal of Rosie in the Australian miniseries The Slap (2011); a part she reprised in the 2015 American adaptation. She starred as Margot Fox on the Apple TV+ drama series The Mosquito Coast from 2021–2023. Her role earned her five consecutive Logie Award nominations, of which she won two. As Rosie she is absurd, infuriating, sad, and very funny." In 2017, she was cast opposite Sean Penn in the television series The First (2018); created by Beau Willimon and filmed in New Orleans, Louisiana. George became a naturalised American citizen in 2008.
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