Melissa Benoist

Melissa Benoist: Biography in Details

Who is Melissa Benoist?

Melissa Benoist is an American actress and singer.

She is well-known among the media and the public because of her character in “Supergirl” as Kara Zor-El/Kara Danvers/Supergirl.

Melissa Benoist: Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Education

She was born Melissa Marie Benoist on Oct 4, 1988, in Houston, Texas, USA.

He belongs to the mixed ethnicity of German, English, Scottish, and French.

Melissa’s parents are Jim Benoist (father) and Julie Benoist (mother).

She was raised in her home state, Colorado. She has two sisters named Jessica and Kristina.

As per her education, she attended Arapahoe High School in Centennial. In 2007, she graduated from there.

Afterward, she joined Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. After a couple of years, she graduated there in 2011.

Melissa Benoist: Professional Life, Career

Melissa Benoist made her debut in the acting industry when she was 20.

In 2008, she made her silver screen debut playing the role of Laurel in the film, “Tennessee”.

Then in 2010, she was seen in an episode of “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”.

She appeared in TV series like “Blue Bloods”, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, “The Good Wife”, and others in minor roles.

Consequently, she got a lead role in the comedy-drama TV series, “Glee” and she also played the role of Laurel in an Oscar-nominated film, “Whiplash”.

Afterward, offers from films and TV series kept on coming to her.

In 2015, she joined the cast of an American superhero action-adventure drama television series, “Supergirl”.

This show is her major career’s most important role where she plays the title/lead role.

Additionally, Melissa Benoist starred in many films like “Danny Collins”, “The Longest Ride”, “Patriots Day”, and others.

Furthermore, her other TV appearance is on “Homeland”, “The Flash”, “Arrow”, and so on.

Melissa Benoist has done several musical theater roles like in “The Sound of Music”, “Chorus Line”, “Evita”, “Terms of Endearment”, and so on.

Her recent projects are Sun Dogs (2017), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019), Waco (2018), Batwoman (2019), and more.

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Net Worth and Salary

This actress’s estimated net worth is $4 million.

Her 2015 movie Danny Collins was made with a budget of $10 million and has collected around $10.8 million at the box office.

As per the sources, an actor receives an average salary of around $19k-$210k per year.

Rumors and Controversy

Talking about the rumors and controversy, Melissa was part of the controversy because of her stand against Donald Trump which she posted a picture on Instagram.

In the picture, Melissa Benoist was holding a sign that read “Try grabbing my *****, it’s made of Steel”.

Body Measurement: Height, Weight

Melissa Benoist’s height is 5 Feet 6 Inches and her weight is 55 kg.

She has light brown hair and her eyes are blue in color.

Her body figure is 32-23-34 inches.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Melissa Benoist is active on social networking sites.

She has around 4.6m followers on Instagram, over 938.8k followers on Twitter, and over 560k followers on Facebook.

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