Biographie

Was the very first of a thousand actors to audition for the title role of Supergirl (2015), just as Stephen Amell for Arrow (2012) and Grant Gustin for The Flash (2014), all produced by Greg Berlanti.

Has a son: Huxley Robert Wood (b. September 2020) with husband, Chris Wood.

Was wearing an eye-patch reportedly after suffering an eye injury when she first put on her Supergirl (2015) costume. It was later revealed, by Melissa on Instagram that the injury was in fact caused by an incident of domestic abuse. A phone was thrown at her eye resulting in one pupil becoming permanently enlarged.

Became engaged to Chris Wood on 11 February 2019.

Started reading the New 52 'Supergirl' comic book title after landing the part.

I love female singer-songwriters!

I'm obsessed with Michael Fassbender. He's unbelievable. I think he's a modern-day Marlon Brando. Every movie that he's done in the past couple years, I just died for him. He's extremely fascinating.

At school, when it came to being social, I had no idea how to do it.

Reading about myself on 'Perez Hilton' was kind of the weirdest thing ever.

I'm definitely interested in doing movies. I've always focused more on acting than singing because that's where my true passion lies.