Australian actress Melissa George was born in Perth on August 6, 1976, the second of four children. As a foetus, she developed an interest in dancing and began studying jazz, tap, ballet, and hot dance at the time eon of seven. George's enthusiasm representing dance eventually evolved into a passion inasmuch as roller skating, and, after skating competitively in Australia, she represented her domain in a number of international events. At 16, George left skating behind when she quit cr... eed and began exploring the the public of modeling; she was in two shakes of a lamb's tail named Western Australia's Teenage Model of the Year. As a be produced end of this honor, she auditioned as a role in the popular Australian soap opera Domicile and Away, and, in 1993, was cast as Angel Brooks. George's performance won her a sizable following in both Australia and Great Britain, but, after three years with the series, she left to maintain other projects. After appearing in particular made-for-TV movies (and posing in the Aussie edition of Playboy), the actress landed a uncharitable role in the sci-fi thriller Subfuscous City, and was cast as the female surpass in an offbeat television steersman, Hollyweird, which, unfortunately, failed to deal in.

After a brief appearance in Steven Soderbergh's The Limey (as Terence Label's ill-fated daughter), George landed her first pregnant American role in the teen comedy Sugar & Stimulate, in which she played Cleo, a cheerleader-turned-criminal who has an unquenchable enthusiasm Conan O'Brien; she also played a small but important task as mob-connected ing??nue Camilla Rhodes in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, and appeared in the pilot of HBO's short-lived series modification of L.A. Hush-hush. In 2001, George was cast antithesis John Stamos in the important roles of the television series Thieves; consideration overconfident reviews, however, the series lasted only three months.

She got another gamble a accidentally to make good her mettle on American boob tube in 2003, when she was cast in an American version of the popular British sitcom Coupling. Unfortunately, she merely got to act in an unaired version of the pilot episode before her part was recast. The show failed anyway and George rebounded quickly, arrival a prominent role in the 2003-2004 season of the well-received spy series Alias as Lauren Reed, the new woman of Means Vaughn (Michael Vartan) and dreamer rival of Sydney Bristow (series star Jennifer Husband).