Michele Boyd
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| Born | Michele Catherine Boyd Gainesville, Florida, U.S. |
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Michele Catherine Boyd (born in Gainesville, Florida) is an American actress best known for her recurring work as Riley on the web-series The Guild.
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[edit] Personal background
Boyd was born to a Navy family and thus spent much of her life traveling. She has one younger sister, Allyson Boyd. She was involved in plays and musicals from a very early age up through high school, performing in everything from The King and I to Cats. Boyd was a competitive swimmer since the age of 6, eventually competing in the California Interscholastic Federation Swimming and Diving events. Boyd also has worked as a snowboarding instructor at Snow Summit Resort at Big Bear Mountain and holds a green belt in hapkido.
She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior from the University of California, Davis.[1] Before settling into her career as an actress, she did neuroscience research at Harvard Medical School and the National Institute of Health.[1]
[edit] Career
Boyd took up acting again while she was living on the East Coast after finishing college. She pursued modeling alongside an acting career, booking ads for Coca-Cola, Hewlett-Packard and many others. Several performances in short and independent films in New York City led to her moving to Los Angeles to more fully pursue a career in film and television.
She landed roles on shows such as Sons of Anarchy and The Young and the Restless, as well as using her science background to land a co-hosting job on the Discovery Channel show Machines of Malice as their neuroscience consultant. She played Jolene in the "Robots vs. Wrestlers" episode of How I Met Your Mother.[2] She has most recently landed roles on the Nickelodeon shows iCarly and True Jackson, VP, as well as the ABC show FlashForward.
Boyd joined the cast of The Guild in the middle of Season 2 and remained an important supporting character in Season 3. The Guild won the Greenlight Award for Best Original Digital Series Production at the South by Southwest festivals,[3] the YouTube Video Award for Best Series,[4] the Yahoo! Video Award for Best Series,[5] and 2009 Streamy Awards for Best Comedy Web Series and Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series.[6]
In 2010, Boyd and Milynn Sarley created the G33k & G4m3r Girls parody of Katy Perry's California Gurls video,[7] a viral video which achieved one million views in its first week.[8] They performed the video with award-winning Saber[9][10] creators Clare Grant and Rileah Vanderbilt under the group name Team Unicorn.[11]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2008 | Incrimination | Elsa Mitchells | |
| 2009 | Cheerleader Massacre II | Janice | Lead |
| Slick | Elsa Mitchells | ||
| The Evolution of Ethan Baskin | Paige | ||
| 2011 | Battle of Los Angeles | Lt. Jean Hendricks | TV movie |
| 3 Musketeers | Aramis | TV movie/Lead |
[edit] TV series/Internet productions
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2006 | Untold Stories of the E.R. | Katey Wilks | |
| 2007 | Diagnosis X | Stephanie Yates | |
| 2008 | The Young and The Restless | Carol | |
| Sons of Anarchy | Medical Intern | "Old Bones" / 1 episode | |
| 2009 | Cold Case | Hockey Groupie '80 | "Iced" / 1 episode |
| The Guild - Season 2/3 | Riley (Stupid Tall Hot Girl) | 13 episodes | |
| 2010 | FlashForward | Nurse | "Revelation Zero: Part 2" / 1 episode |
| How I Met Your Mother | Jolene | "Robots Vs. Wrestlers / 1 episode | |
| The Guild - Season 4 | Riley (Stupid Tall Hot Girl) | 1 episode | |
| True Jackson, VP | Nicole | "Trapped in Paris" / 1 episode | |
| SOLO: The Series (Season 1) | Rebecca Drizhal | all episodes | |
| 2011 | SOLO: The Series (Season 1) | Rebecca Drizhal | all episodes |
| Big Time Rush | Annie Winters | "Big Time Contest" / 1 episode |
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b Eddie Carrington. "20 Questions with Michele Boyd", The Hunting Lodge. March 1, 2009.
- ^ TV Guide. How I Met Your Mother on CBS
- ^ Press Release. "The Guild And "Knock Off" Take Top Honors At The Greenlight Awards", ON Networks Inc. March 11, 2008. Accessed Nov 05, 2008.
- ^ 2007 Youtube Video Awards, List of 2007 Winners. (Accessed Nov 05, 2008)
- ^ "The Yahoo! Video Awards: The Results!", Yahoo Video Blog. March 21, 2008. (Accessed Nov 05, 2008)
- ^ "2009 Streamy Awards" 2009 Streamy Awards Winners
- ^ Break.com, September 10, 2010, Geek and Gamer Girls Anthem.
- ^ Action Flick Chick, September 17, 2010, Interview: G33K & G4M3R GIRLS (Geek and Gamer Girls Video) 1 Week, 1 Million Views.
- ^ "IMDB Page for SABER"
- ^ Atom.com Official Star Wars Fan Film Challenge"
- ^ Lewis Wallace (September 11, 2010). "Spot the Geek Refs in ‘Geek and Gamer Girls’ Song". Wired Magazine. http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/09/geek-and-gamer-girls//. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
[edit] External links
- Michele Boyd Online - official website and blog
- Michele Boyd at the Internet Movie Database
- Team Unicorn's YouTube page - The YouTube Channel of Team Unicorn
- Interview with Michele Boyd
