Melissa George

Melissa Suzanne George (born 6 August 1976) is an Australian actress. A former national rollerskating champion and model, George began her acting career playing Angel Parrish in the Australian soap opera Home and Away (1993–1996). After moving to the United States, George made her feature debut with a supporting role in Dark City (1998). She followed this with parts in The Limey (1999), Mulholland Drive (2001), Sugar & Spice (2001), and Down with Love (2003). George made the transition to leading roles when she appeared as Kathy Lutz in the 2005 remake of The Amityville Horror. She followed this with a succession of films in the thriller and horror genres, such as Derailed (2005), Turistas (2006), WΔZ (2007), 30 Days of Night (2007), Triangle (2009), A Lonely Place to Die (2011), and Felony (2013). On television, George has had recurring roles on Friends (2003), Alias (2003–2004), Grey's Anatomy (2008–2009) and The Good Wife (2013–2014), and a starring role on the NBC medical drama Heartbeat (2016). She received a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of Laura Hill on HBO's In Treatment (2008). In 2010, she appeared as Clara Musso on the Fox crime drama series Lie to Me. She also starred in the Australian miniseries The Slap (2011), for which she received a Logie Award, and in the BBC spy series Hunted (2012). In 2015, she appeared in the American adaptation of The Slap, playing the same character—Rosie—that she played in the previous version. She played Diane Hagerty on Hulu's The First in 2018, and Margot on the Apple TV+ series The Mosquito Coast between 2021 and 2023. Early life George was born on in Perth, Western Australia, to Pamela, a nurse, and Glenn George, a construction worker. She is of Scottish descent. William Ward, a grandfather on her mother's side, worked as a prison warden at Rottnest Island, offshore from Perth. The second of four children, she is also a cousin of the opera singer Taryn Fiebig.