Melissa Benoist
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
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- Haven's Legacy (the Powers Book 2)
- Haven's Secret (the Powers Book 1)
- Haven's Secret
- Supergirl
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Melissa Marie Benoist (born October 4, 1988) is an American actress and singer known for her portrayal of Marley Rose on season four and the first part of season five on the Fox musical comedy-drama television series Glee. She has also appeared in a number of television series including Homeland, The Good Wife and Law & Order. Benoist's first film was in singer Mariah Carey's Tennessee. She appeared in the film Whiplash (2014), which won top prizes (Grand Jury and Audience awards) at the Sundanc
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global cancer statistics
· 2011 · cited 23,166x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,518x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,400x
- Theory Building From Cases: Opportunities And Challenges
· 2007 · cited 11,896x
- A program for annotating and predicting the effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms, SnpEff
· 2012 · cited 11,043x
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Key facts
- Born
- Melissa Marie Benoist , ( 1988-10-04 ) October 4, 1988 (age 37) , Houston , Texas, U.S.
- Education
- Marymount Manhattan College ( BA )
- Occupations
- Actress singer
- Years active
- 2000–present
- Spouses
- Blake Jenner ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2013 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2017 ) Chris Wood ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2019 )
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Melissa Marie Benoist (/bəˈnɔɪst/ bə-NOYST; born October 4, 1988) is an American actress and singer. Her first major role was as Marley Rose on the Fox musical comedy drama Glee (2012–2014), in which she was a series regular during the fifth season. She rose to widespread prominence for portraying the title character on the superhero series Supergirl (2015–2021).
Benoist's film appearances include the drama Whiplash (2014), the comedy drama Danny Collins (2015), the crime comedy Band of Robbers (2015), the romantic Western The Longest Ride (2015), the action thriller Patriots Day (2016), the drama Lowriders (2016), and the comedy drama Sun Dogs (2017). She also portrayed the wife of cult leader David Koresh on the Paramount Network miniseries Waco (2018). On stage, Benoist made her Broadway debut in 2018 as Carole King in the jukebox musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.
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1988 births21st-century American actresses21st-century American singers21st-century American women singersActresses from ColoradoActresses from HoustonAmerican child actressesAmerican expatriate actresses in CanadaAmerican expatriate musicians in CanadaAmerican film actressesAmerican people of French descentAmerican stage actresses