Melissa is an actress from West London who originally trained as a dancer, booking Music Videos for young popstars like Billie Piper and Cleopatra.

She started her professional acting career at the age of 15 when she landed her first lead role in hit kids T.V show Harry & Cosh, followed by a reoccurring role in Casualty. She then went on to work solidly throughout her teens and early 20’s, her credits include Benidorm, UGETME, The Crust, but she was best known for playing rebel teen Rosie Mole in Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino years, alongside Alison Steadman, Stephen Mangan, Alun Armstrong & Zoe Wannamaker.

Melissa had a break from acting when life circumstances changed but came back with a bang 5 years ago, landing her first two auditions for BAFTA Award winning Top Boy & Double Prime Time Emmy Award winning I May Destroy You. Since then she has gone on to guest star in the finale of season 27 of Silent Witness, prime time shows like, Emmerdale & Hollyoaks and has also broken into film.

She now has three features under her belt including playing Sylvia McVitie in The Krays: Code of Silence still streaming on Prime, but Most recently she played lead female ‘Demi AKA Pitbull’ on Netflix’s Three Day Millionaire alongside Colm Meaney, Robbie Gee & Jonas Armstrong which reached the Top 5 British films list during its first week of release.