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Melissa Benoist
Benoist at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con
Born
Melissa Marie Benoist

(1988-10-04) October 4, 1988 (age 36)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Alma materMarymount Manhattan College (BA)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active2000–present
Spouses
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(m. 2013; div. 2017)​
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(m. 2019)​
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Melissa Marie Benoist (/bəˈnɔɪst/ bə-NOYST;[1] born October 4, 1988)[2][3] is an American actress and singer. Her first major role was Marley Rose on the Fox musical comedy drama Glee (2012–2014), in which she was a series regular during the fifth season. She rose to widespread prominence for portraying the title character on the CBS/CW superhero series Supergirl (2015–2021), supported by related media in the Arrowverse franchise.

Benoist's film appearances include the drama Whiplash (2014), the comedy drama Danny Collins (2015), the crime comedy Band of Robbers (2015), the romantic Western The Longest Ride (2015), the action thriller Patriots Day (2016), the drama Lowriders (2016), and the comedy drama Sun Dogs (2017). She also portrayed the wife of cult leader David Koresh on the Paramount Network miniseries Waco (2018). On stage, Benoist made her Broadway debut in 2018 as Carole King in the jukebox musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

Early life and education

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Benoist was born in Houston, Texas, to Julie and Jim Benoist, a physician.[4][5] They divorced when she was thirteen years old.[6][7] Her paternal great-grandfather was of French descent.[8] She has two sisters: Jessica, a novelist, and Kristina, an ecological scientist, and five half-siblings from her father's remarriage.[5][9][10][11] She was raised mostly by her mother in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado, after her parents' separation.[12] Growing up in Colorado, a large part of her childhood was spent exploring national parks and immersing herself in nature.[13]

She started dance classes at the age of three, focusing on jazz, ballet, and tap.[14][15] When she was four years old, her aunt put her in a church play she was directing;[4] after that, she began doing community children's theatre in her hometown.[16]

As a teenager, Benoist performed anonymously at Disneyland in various medleys of musical songs for three summers with the Academy of Theatre Arts, a musical theatre school she was attending, located in Littleton, Colorado, run by Paul Dwyer and Alann Worley.[17] She performed locally in a number of theatrical productions, including A Month in the Country, Cinderella, A Chorus Line, and Bye Bye Birdie at the Town Hall Arts Center, a professional theatre located in the Denver metro area. Instead of attending high school graduation parties, she performed the play Evita with other cast members at the former Country Dinner Playhouse.[17][18]

In 2006, The Denver Post named Benoist one of Colorado's five "Can't Miss Kids".[10] She graduated from Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, in 2007,[19] and then moved to New York City to pursue a career in musical theatre.[20] She initially attended Marymount Manhattan College for the BFA musical theatre program but in her sophomore year, she switched majors to theatre, due to her admiration for 19th-century Russian plays.[4] She graduated from Marymount Manhattan College with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts in 2011.[21][22] While attending college, she played Millie Dilmount in an urban off-off-Broadway production of Thoroughly Modern Millie and Rosalind in As You Like It at the Theresa Lang Theatre.[17][10][23]

Career

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2008–2011: Early work

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Benoist's first film was Tennessee in 2008 along with singer Mariah Carey.[24] Afterwards, she made guest appearances on shows like Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Blue Bloods, Homeland, and The Good Wife, while attending college. She played Kelly in the 2011 Goodspeed Musicals theatrical production of The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown by Bree Lowdermilk and Kait Kerrigan at the Norma Terris Theatre.[25]

2012–2014: Rise to prominence with Glee and film roles

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Benoist in 2015 at the 6th Annual Thirst Project Gala

In May 2012, she auditioned for the musical comedy-drama series Glee in New York at the Roundabout Theatre Company, singing a different song for each of her five auditions including: "Fidelity" by Regina Spektor, "King of Anything" by Sara Bareilles, a Colbie Caillat song, and several musical theatre pieces. In July,[26] she had two screen tests in California for series creator/writer, Ryan Murphy, the casting directors, and executive producers. She portrayed Marley Rose on the fourth and fifth seasons of Glee. Her first appearance as Marley Rose was in the first episode of season four, titled "The New Rachel". Because the creators had been looking for Marley for a long time, she started working the day she found out she got the job.[7] Benoist's first performance was a duet of "New York State of Mind" with Lea Michele, during the first episode of season 4. The cover of the song reached twenty-four on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[27] She and Glee co-star Darren Criss appeared with Josh Duhamel in the opening of the 2013 Kids' Choice Awards.[28] That same year, she was selected as an ambassador for Coca-Cola's new product, P10 300 mL Coke Mismo.[29][30] In June 2013, they were flown to Manila, Philippines, to endorse the product by visiting various malls and meeting with fans.[31][32] She, along with several other actors, was not called back for Glee in early 2014.[33][34][35][36]

In mid-2013, Benoist and Blake Jenner held a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the production of their feature film Billy Boy. The project reached its $100,000 goal.[37] Benoist played Nicole in Damien Chazelle's 2014 independent drama film Whiplash,[38] which won top prizes (Grand Jury and Audience awards) at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. In June 2014, she joined Nicholas Sparks' film adaption The Longest Ride as Marcia.[39] She had a role in the 2015 film Danny Collins. She played the part of Jamie, a desk clerk at a hotel frequented by one of Jamie's all-time favorite rock stars.[40] That same year, Benoist also played Becky Thatcher in Band of Robbers, a modern-day retelling of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In May 2015, it was announced that Benoist would be playing Lorelai in the film Low Riders, replacing Lily Collins and Nicola Peltz, who were in talks for the role previously.[41] In August of that year, she landed the leading role in the Screen Gems drama feature film Oxford.[42]

2015–present: Supergirl and Broadway debut

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In October 2015, the superhero adventure series Supergirl, with Benoist in the lead role of Kara Zor-El, premiered on CBS.[43][44][45] She became the first woman to lead a prime time superhero TV series since Wonder Woman went off the air in 1979 and Lindsay Wagner’s The Bionic Woman in 1978.[46] The premiere was watched by 12.96 million viewers and received a full season order by CBS on November 30, 2015. She was reportedly the first actress looked at for the role.[43] Benoist generally received positive reviews for her portrayal of Kara Zor-El.[47] The series later moved to The CW before its second-season premiere.[48] She reprised her role in The CW's Arrowverse crossovers "Invasion!", "Crisis on Earth-X", "Elseworlds", and "Crisis on Infinite Earths" as well as The Flash musical episode "Duet". She reprised her role as Earth-X's Supergirl doppelgänger Overgirl in the CW Seed animated series Freedom Fighters: The Ray. The actress made her directorial debut for one episode during season five.[49] For her portrayal of Supergirl, she received the Breakthrough Performance Award at The 42nd Saturn Awards and two Best Actress on a Television Series Award at the 44th and 45th Saturn Awards respectively. The series concluded on November 9, 2021, after six seasons and 126 episodes.[50]

Benoist at 2017 San Diego Comic-Con

In May 2016, Benoist was cast as Katherine Russell, the widow of deceased Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in Peter Berg's drama film Patriots Day.[51] In June, it was announced that she was set to star in the comedy-drama film Sun Dogs.[52] Also in that month, the Human Rights Campaign released a video in tribute to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting; in the video, Benoist and others told the stories of the people killed there.[53][54] In April 2017, Benoist was cast as Rachel Koresh, the legal wife of Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh in Paramount Network's miniseries Waco.[55] Benoist was featured in "The Super Duper Minecraft Musical!" which was made for Minecraft's Super Duper Graphics Pack in November.[56]

On May 7, 2018, it was announced that Benoist would be playing the titular character in the Broadway show Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, which marked her Broadway debut for a limited run from June 7 through August 4, 2018.[57] Benoist stated that the run felt like “coming home” to her theater roots and a “manifestation of a lot of her childhood dreams,” as theater was her first passion.[58] In February 2021, she started a production company, Three Things Productions, with an overall deal at Warner Bros.[59]

In June 2022, it was announced that Benoist and her production company Three Things Productions renewed its overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group and that she will officially join the HBO Max series The Girls on the Bus inspired by a chapter in Amy Chozick’s 2018 novel Chasing Hillary, which was based on the author’s time covering Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign as a political reporter. Deadline revealed in February that Benoist was in talks to reunite with Berlanti Productions for the political campaign drama series. In June, it was confirmed that she will star as Sadie McCarthy, a journalist who romanticizes Tim Crouse's The Boys on the Bus book and who scrapped her whole life for her own shot at covering a presidential campaign. Benoist also served as a producer for the series.[60]

On September 18, 2024, it was announced that she had joined the cast of the Netflix family drama The Waterfront.[61]

Other ventures

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On October 26, 2021, she published her first book, Haven’s Secret, the first installment of The Powers series from Abrams Kids. The series is a middle grade fantasy and was co-written by Benoist with her sister Jessica Benoist and author Mariko Tamaki.[62] Haven's Secret received recognition as a 2022 Kansas Notable Book in June of 2022.

Personal life

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During her first semester in college, when she was learning to ride a bike, a cab backed into her and left a visible scar above her eyebrows.[63] She also has a tattoo of a bicycle on her left foot.[64]

In 2015, it was announced that she and her Glee co-star Blake Jenner were married. Benoist commented that they had been married "longer than anybody knows", with some sources claiming that the couple actually wed the same year of their engagement in 2013.[65][66] In late December 2016, she filed for divorce citing "irreconcilable differences".[67] The divorce was finalized in December 2017.[68]

Also in 2015, Benoist suffered an injury that tore her iris. The incident caused one pupil to be enlarged.[15][63] In November 2019, Benoist shared an Instagram video chronicling her experience as a survivor of domestic violence in order to raise awareness. She revealed that the injury to her iris was due to an iPhone being thrown at her during a domestic dispute, in a relationship marked by repeated abuse. Previously, the injury had been said to have been caused when she tripped down stairs and fell into a potted plant.[69][70] Benoist also stated in her video that she had experienced extreme control, manipulation, and cycles of severe violence including being slapped, punched, shoved into a wall, dragged by her hair, and choked during the relationship.[71] In October 2020, her ex-husband Blake Jenner wrote a lengthy Instagram post in which he admitted to causing the eye injury and confirmed the infliction of abuse throughout the relationship. He also stated that she had physically assaulted him at other times, resulting in injury.[72] Benoist previously stated in her original video that she began fighting back in defense against Jenner's attacks during the relationship.[73][74] Benoist has discussed healing from the trauma of the relationship and stated that doing EMDR therapy saved her life.[75]

In 2016, Benoist met Chris Wood when he was cast as Mon-El in the second season of Supergirl, and their romantic relationship was confirmed in 2017.[76][77] On the relationship she recalls, "we met each other at the perfect time in our lives."[78] In October 2017, Benoist helped with Wood's launch of his campaign "IDONTMIND" which works to decrease stigma around mental health and provide resources and education. She discussed her own struggle with depression and anxiety attacks since she was 13 years old. She said that Wood's words encouraged her to share her own issues with depression with others.[79] Benoist and Wood announced their engagement on February 10, 2019,[80] and married in September 2019, holding a private ceremony in Ojai, California.[81] On March 4, 2020, the couple announced on Instagram that they were expecting their first child.[82] They announced the birth of their son on September 25, 2020.[83][84]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 Tennessee Laurel
2014 Whiplash Nicole
2015 Band of Robbers Becky Thatcher
Danny Collins Jamie
The Longest Ride Marcia
2016 Lowriders Lorelai Baker
Patriots Day Katherine Russell
2017 Billy Boy Jennifer
Sun Dogs Tally Petersen
2019 Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Herself / female Chronic Cameo
2022 Clerks III Auditioner

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Blue Bloods Renee Episode: "Privilege"
The Good Wife Molly Episode: "Nine Hours"
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Jessalyn Kerr Episode: "Delicate"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Ava Episode: "Wet"
2011 Homeland Stacy Moore Episodes: "Grace", "Clean Skin"
2012–2014 Glee Marley Rose Recurring role (season 4); main role (season 5)
2015–2021 Supergirl Kara Danvers / Supergirl[b][c] Main role, 126 episodes; also director: "Deus Lex Machina"
2016–2019 The Flash Recurring role; 5 episodes
2016–2020 Arrow Recurring role; 5 episodes
Legends of Tomorrow Recurring role; 3 episodes
2018 Waco Rachel Koresh Miniseries, 6 episodes
2019 Batwoman Kara Danvers / Supergirl Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part Two"[85]
2020 Robot Chicken Laura, Malorie Hayes, Glen's Classmate Voice role; episode: "Sundancer Craig in: 30% of the Way to Crying"
2024 Masters of the Universe: Revolution Teela Voice role; main role
2024 The Girls on the Bus Sadie McCarthy Main role; also producer
TBA The Waterfront Bree Buckley Main role; filming

Web

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Year Title Role Notes
2017–2018 Freedom Fighters: The Ray Kara Zor-El / Overgirl Voice
Earth-X version of Supergirl;[86] 3 episodes

Theatre

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Year Title Role Venue Ref.
2000 The Sound of Music Brigitta von Trapp Country Dinner Playhouse
2003 The Sound of Music Liesl von Trapp Littleton Town Hall Arts Center
2006 Bye Bye Birdie Kim McAfee [87]
A Chorus Line Bebe Benzenheimer [88]
A Month in the Country Vera Aleksandrovna
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella Cinderella [89]
2007 Footloose Ariel Moore [90]
Evita Perón's Mistress Country Dinner Playhouse [17]
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Olive Ostrovsky Arapahoe High School (Colorado)
2009 As You Like It Rosalind Theresa Lang Theatre [23]
Thoroughly Modern Millie Millie Dilmount Marymount Manhattan College [17]
2011 The Unauthorized Biography of Samantha Brown Kelly Goodspeed Musicals [25]
2018 Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Carole King Stephen Sondheim Theatre [57]
Terms of Endearment Emma Greenway-Horton Geffen Playhouse [91]

Soundtrack performances

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Year Songs Album
2012 "Born to Hand Jive", "Look at Me I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise)", "You're the One That I Want" Glee: The Music Presents Glease
"New York State of Mind", "Holding Out for a Hero", "Some Nights" Glee: The Music, Season 4, Volume 1
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "The First Noël" Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 3
"Chasing Pavements", "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)", "Don't Dream It's Over" ,
"Locked Out of Heaven", "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"/"Material Girl",
"Anything Could Happen", "You Have More Friends Than You Know",
"You're All I Need To Get By" "A Thousand Years" 		Glee: The Music – The Complete Season Four[92]
"Crazy"/"(You Drive Me) Crazy", "Everytime", "Womanizer" Britney 2.0
2013 "Mary's Boy Child", "Love Child", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" The Christmas Album Volume 4
2017 "Moon River", "Super Friend" The Flash – Music from the Special Episode: Duet
"Runnin' Home to You" Supergirl – Crisis on Earth-X part 1 soundtrack[93]
2021 "We Belong" ft. Jeremy Jordan Supergirl: Season 6 (Original Television Soundtrack)[94]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Breakout Star Glee Nominated [95]
2016 Saturn Awards Best Actress on a Television Series Supergirl Nominated [96]
Breakthrough Performance Award Won [97]
2017 Saturn Awards Best Actress on a Television Series Won [98]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Action TV Actress Won [99]
Choice Liplock (with Chris Wood) Nominated [99]
Choice TV Ship (with Chris Wood) Nominated [99]
2018 Saturn Awards Best Actress on a Television Series Nominated [100]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Action TV Actress Won [101]
2019 Saturn Awards Best Actress on a Television Series Won [102]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Action TV Actress Nominated [103]
2021 Critics' Choice Super Awards Best Actress in a Superhero Series Nominated [104]
Saturn Awards Best Actress on a Television Series Nominated [105]

Notes

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  1. ^ Married in 2013 or 2015; sources disagree as to the year Benoist and Jenner were married. See § Personal life.
  2. ^ Benoist also portrayed Bizarro in the episode "Bizarro".
  3. ^ Benoist also portrayed Overgirl in the crossover "Crisis on Earth-X".

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