I normally go for the more tan type of girl, not those that live on the beach or the tanning salon, but that is normally my M.O. But I can make an expection for Melissa George. She is a keeper. And besides, if she wasn’t that hot I wouldn’t take the time to post her pics and write about her. Enjoy!

Bio –A beautiful Australian import who went from competitive roller-skating champion to model to actress, Melissa George was relatively unknown in the United States through the 1990s, though in her native country and the United Kingdom, she was such a superstar that her 2000 wedding in Bali was invaded by helicopters carrying tabloid photographers. Discovered at age sixteen and cast on the popular nighttime soap “Home and Away” (aired on Australia’s Channel Seven), George quickly became a fan favorite through her portrayal of runaway Angel. Starring on the show from early 1993 through August 1996, Angel went from disheveled new girl in town to the center of the series, charming and lovable with just the right measure of trauma. The character’s journey took her from being discovered as a teen single mother to becoming half of the series young power couple to losing her mate to having his child and finally, to being swept away by a dashing young millionaire, her happy ending exit from Summer Bay. Possessing an alluring fresh-faced beauty, the usually blonde George seemed to have her whole career ahead of her upon her “Home and Away” departure. She spent her initial time out of the TV series grind taking on projects in different fields, including her sleepwear line An Angel at My Bedside and her teen-aimed health and fitness video “Mind, Body & Soul”. Baring her enviable shape in Australian Playboy in 1997 was a seemingly controversial move than didn’t have much of a detrimental effect on her fan base, but rather kept her in the public’s mind. A recurring role that year on the US-Australian co-production “Roar” (Fox) marked her introduction to American audiences, starring opposite fellow Aussie up and comer Heath Ledger in the medieval-set adventure. The long dark hair with blunt bangs and revealing costumes she sported for the series likened the young actress to the similarly-themed “Xena, Warrior Princess”, though “Roar” failed to make the leap to a second season.

The following year, George made her feature film debut with a small but pivotal role in the thriller “Dark City”, her mostly unclothed role memorable to the limited audience that caught the film. She was next featured in “The Limey” (1999), co-starring with Peter Fonda as a doomed young woman whose ex-con father (Terrence Stamp) goes on a mission to avenge her death. Though a starring regular role in the proposed TV series remake of the popular “L.A. Confidential” seemed like a plum role for the actress, it turned out to be a false start, as the cancelled pilot went unaired, with viewers unable to see her take on Lynn Bracken, the role that Kim Basinger originated and for which she took home an Oscar. George proved impressed with her turn as a bank-robbing cheerleader in the teen black comedy “Sugar & Spice” in 2001, displaying both attributes with her cheekily passionate portrayal of a high-schooler obsessed with “Late Night” host Conan O’Brien. Later that year, David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive” screened to raves at Cannes. Initially conceived as a TV series, the pilot was extended into a feature film with George in a supporting role. That fall, the actress returned to US TV as regular alongside John Stamos in the sexy adventure series “Thieves” (ABC, 2001), playing the more tech-savvy of the two titular career criminals. Well-reviewed but also ratings-impaired, the series did prove to be George’s official entry into the Hollywood market, but not without a few more baby steps. In 2003 she landed a pair of appearances on the hit series “Friends” (NBC) playing the too-sexy nanny to Ross and Rachel’s daughter Emma, and she followed that turn with prominent guest spots on “Monk” (USA) and “Charmed” (WB) and a supporting feature role in the retro musical “Down With Love” (2003) opposite Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor. Again poised for TV stardom, she was cast as Susan in NBC’s U.S. version of the BBC’s edgy hit sit-com “Coupling” (2003), but only filmed the pilot episode and was subsequently replaced by Rena Sofer. And lucky for George, as the limp sit-com—touted as the successor to “Friends”—was yanked after only a handful of airings and cancelled. Instead, that same season she took on a prominent supporting role on ABC’s action-adventure series “Alias” (2001- ) playing NSC Liaison Lauren Reed, whom show star Sydney (Jennifer Garner) learns married Sydney’s beau Vaughn (Michael Vartan) while the spy was comatose for many months. Turning back to film, she appeared in the remake of the horror classic, “The Amityville Horror” (2005). George played the mother of a family who moves into their dream home on Long Island only to find it possessed by evil spirits. Based on a true story, the spirits consume the mind of her husband (Ryan Reynolds), prompting him to repeat a series of grisly murders committed by the previous occupant. George’s star continued to rise with a strong supporting role in the noir thriller, “Derailed” (2005), in which she played the schoolteacher wife of a Chicago ad executive (Clive Owen), an unhappily married man whose affair with a vibrant woman (Jennifer Aniston) leads to a pitfall of crime and deception after a sadistic robber (Vincent Cassel) breaks into their hotel room, holds them at gunpoint and pushes him into a series of blackmails that force the executive to choose between telling his wife and police or perform increasingly violent and dangerous criminal acts. Meanwhile, George spent her summer in 2005 filming “Turistas,” a low-budget thriller about a group of backpackers stranded in the remote Brazilian jungle after their tour bus was involved in an accident. Born: on 08/06/1976 in Perth, AustraliaJob Titles: Actor, Model, Fashion designerFamilyBrother: Brett George. born c. 1979 Father: Glenn George. Mother: Pamela George. Sister: Kate George. born c. 1986 Sister: Marnie George. born c. 1974 Step-daughter: Marina Dabed. born c. 1995 EducationWarwick Senior High School, Perth, Australia Milestones1992 Named Western Australia’s teenage model of the year at age 16 1993 At 16, discovered by casting agent Liz Mullinar and landed the role of runaway Angel Brooks on the popular Australian primetime soap “Home and Away” (aired on Australia’s Channel Seven) 1996 Branched out with a sleepwear line and a lifestyle home video aimed at teens, “Mind, Body & Soul” 1996 Left “Home and Away” in August 1997 Had a recurring guest role on the adventure series “Roar” (aired in the USA on Fox), starring opposite Heath Ledger 1997 Posed topless in the March issue of Australian Playboy 1998 Made feature film debut with a memorable supporting role in the thriller “Dark City” 1999 Had a supporting role as the doomed daughter of Terence Stamp’s vigilante in “The Limey” 2000 Cast in the failed pilot “L.A. Confidential” as Lynn Bracken, the character originated by Kim Basinger in the feature 2001 Featured in “Mulholland Dr.”, a David Lynch mystery film initially conceived as a television pilot, screened to acclaim at Cannes 2001 Had female lead in the ABC fall series “Thieves”; show canceled after eight episodes 2001 Played a bank-robbing cheerleader smitten with Conan 0′Brien in the teen comedy “Sugar & Spice” 2002 Featured in the teen feature “New Port South” (filmed in 2000) 2005 Starred as Clive Owen’s wife in the psychological thriller “Derailed,” directed by Mikael Håfström 2005 Starred in “The Amityville Horror,” a remake of the 1979 film about a family that is terrorized after moving into a home that was the site of a mass-murder 2006 Cast in the thriller “Turistas,” directed by John Stockwell 2007 Co-starred in “30 Days of Night,” a horror film based on the comic book miniseries of the same name Was a champion competitive roller skater thorough her early teens, winning bronze medals in national championships in 1989 and 1990 and taking the silver medal at the Junior Pacifics in 1991 

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September 28th, 2007
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