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At the age of eight, Melanie was accepted into the Young Canadians School of the Performing Arts, with whom she would continue to train and perform for nearly a decade. While a member of the Young Canadians, Melanie received the Amoco Canada Award for Outstanding Achievement. She also received numerous, nationwide, awards for her dancing including, Most Promising Dancer and the Triple Threat Award. Throughout her formative years, Melanie took formal training in voice, cultivating her skills as a singer. She was also a competitive gymnast, training and competing in all forms of the sport. | At the age of eight, Melanie was accepted into the Young Canadians School of the Performing Arts, with whom she would continue to train and perform for nearly a decade. While a member of the Young Canadians, Melanie received the Amoco Canada Award for Outstanding Achievement. She also received numerous, nationwide, awards for her dancing including, Most Promising Dancer and the Triple Threat Award. Throughout her formative years, Melanie took formal training in voice, cultivating her skills as a singer. She was also a competitive gymnast, training and competing in all forms of the sport. | ||
| − | Performing with The Young Canadians on the Grandstand Stage, in front of ten thousand people, fuelled Melanie's desire to pursue performance as a career. At the age of twelve, Melanie made her professional stage debut in a production of Evita for Theatre Calgary. | + | Performing with The Young Canadians on the Grandstand Stage, in front of ten thousand people, fuelled Melanie's desire to pursue performance as a career. At the age of twelve, Melanie made her professional stage debut in a production of Evita for Theatre Calgary. She continued to take part in several of their productions, and ultimately worked in many theatres across Canada, including the acclaimed production of "Anne of Green Gables" at The Charlottetown Festival. In 2002, Melanie left Canada to go on the road with the First National Touring Company of "Mamma Mia!", where she got to perform many different roles. |
Acting and performing for film and television has always been something of great interest to Melanie. While still living in Calgary she landed small roles in "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" the T.V. series, and the T.V. movies "Noah" and "The Sheldon Kennedy Story." She continued to pursue performance in this medium in both Vancouver and Toronto, and it enabled her to meet and work with some of her biggest idols. Working on the series "Slings and Arrows," she had the opportunity to perform original songs written by the Tony Award winning duo Greg Morrison and Lisa Lambert. She has since appeared in television shows such as "'Til Death Do Us Part," "Slings and Arrows," and "Runaway." In 2006, Melanie played Natalie in ''American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile,'' the role for which she is probably best known. To help promote the movie, Melanie did a [http://www.maximonline.com/video/883/AmericanPieMelanieMerkosky.video?vsid=1 Maxim shoot] with some of her other female co-stars. | Acting and performing for film and television has always been something of great interest to Melanie. While still living in Calgary she landed small roles in "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" the T.V. series, and the T.V. movies "Noah" and "The Sheldon Kennedy Story." She continued to pursue performance in this medium in both Vancouver and Toronto, and it enabled her to meet and work with some of her biggest idols. Working on the series "Slings and Arrows," she had the opportunity to perform original songs written by the Tony Award winning duo Greg Morrison and Lisa Lambert. She has since appeared in television shows such as "'Til Death Do Us Part," "Slings and Arrows," and "Runaway." In 2006, Melanie played Natalie in ''American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile,'' the role for which she is probably best known. To help promote the movie, Melanie did a [http://www.maximonline.com/video/883/AmericanPieMelanieMerkosky.video?vsid=1 Maxim shoot] with some of her other female co-stars. | ||
Revision as of 07:37, 20 February 2008
| Melanie Merkosky | |
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| Portrays | Jennie |
| Background information | |
| Age | 0 |
| Birthday | July 11th, 1982 |
| MySpace | melaniemerkosky |
| IMDB | on IMDB.com |
Melanie Joanna Merkosky is the actress who plays Jennie in the lonelygirl15 web series. Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, she lived in Toronto before moving to Los Angeles, where the show is shot.
Her first foray into the performing arts came at the age of 3, when her parents noticed that she liked to watch T.V. in a perfect Russian split position on the floor. Her mom registered her in her first dance class, Baby Ballerinas. Dancing became her passion for the next 20 years as she went on to train, compete, and perform in many productions in jazz, ballet, tap, hip-hop, lyrical and swing among others.
At the age of eight, Melanie was accepted into the Young Canadians School of the Performing Arts, with whom she would continue to train and perform for nearly a decade. While a member of the Young Canadians, Melanie received the Amoco Canada Award for Outstanding Achievement. She also received numerous, nationwide, awards for her dancing including, Most Promising Dancer and the Triple Threat Award. Throughout her formative years, Melanie took formal training in voice, cultivating her skills as a singer. She was also a competitive gymnast, training and competing in all forms of the sport.
Performing with The Young Canadians on the Grandstand Stage, in front of ten thousand people, fuelled Melanie's desire to pursue performance as a career. At the age of twelve, Melanie made her professional stage debut in a production of Evita for Theatre Calgary. She continued to take part in several of their productions, and ultimately worked in many theatres across Canada, including the acclaimed production of "Anne of Green Gables" at The Charlottetown Festival. In 2002, Melanie left Canada to go on the road with the First National Touring Company of "Mamma Mia!", where she got to perform many different roles.
Acting and performing for film and television has always been something of great interest to Melanie. While still living in Calgary she landed small roles in "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" the T.V. series, and the T.V. movies "Noah" and "The Sheldon Kennedy Story." She continued to pursue performance in this medium in both Vancouver and Toronto, and it enabled her to meet and work with some of her biggest idols. Working on the series "Slings and Arrows," she had the opportunity to perform original songs written by the Tony Award winning duo Greg Morrison and Lisa Lambert. She has since appeared in television shows such as "'Til Death Do Us Part," "Slings and Arrows," and "Runaway." In 2006, Melanie played Natalie in American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile, the role for which she is probably best known. To help promote the movie, Melanie did a Maxim shoot with some of her other female co-stars.
The following year, Melanie got the part of Jennie in lonelygirl15. She had heard of the show before getting cast, but hadn't realized how widespread and interactive it was until she started doing research. The casting process involved a total of four auditions, the last one being a "chemistry read" alongside Jackson Davis and Alexandra Dreyfus.
