Melissa George Biography

Born: 6 August 1976
Birthplace: Perth, Western Australia, Australia



George moved to Sydney to embrace an acting career. After making a big impact in the tv soap and being awarded many logie awards for her performance, George decided that three years on the show were enough and left to pursue other projects in the US. She posed in the Aussie edition of Playboy and starred in several tv movies until she made her feature film debut in Alex Proyas' SF film Dark City with Kiefer Sutherland and Jennifer Connelly. Her next appearance in film was for Steven Soderbergh's The Limey. George also played a small but crucial role as Camilla Rhodes in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive with Naomi Watts.

Additional film credits include: Down with Love, opposite  Renee Zellweger and Ewan Mcgregor, Sugar and Spice John Hughes' New Port South and Derailed co-starring  Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen.

In 2003, after having a memorable performance lesbian nanny in the hit shoe Friends, George landed a prominent role, as the evil character, Lauren Reed, on  the popular tv series Alias.



George is married to Chilean businessman Claudio Dabed and the couple lives in Los Angeles with Claudio's daughter from a previous marriage.