Melanie Neige Scrofano is a Canadian actress and model.
She started her career at the age of 13 as a model.[1] She has appeared in numerous magazines all over the world as a model.
After receiving success in her modeling career, her agent began submitting her for acting jobs. She appeared in television series like Undressed (1999), Mob Stories (2003), Naked Josh (2004), Beautiful People (2006), Jeff Ltd (2006), Supernatural (2007), etc. She also appeared in films like Baby Blues (2008), Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008), Manson (2009), Saw VI (2009), etc.
She came into the limelight after playing the roles of Rebecca on the CBC drama-comedy series Being Erica (2009).
Further, in 2010 she worked on Kids in the Hall: Death comes to Town, Pure Pwnage, Covert Affairs, Baxter. Then in 2011, she worked on Mudpit, Rookie Blue, Dave vs Death (TV short), Citizen Gangster, Flashpoint, Edwin Boyd, Stay with me. Later in 2012, she worked on Saving Hope, Warehouse 13, The Conspiracy, Haven, Heartland, Yeah Rite (TV short). In 2013 she worked on Rewind, Nurse 3D, The Golden Ticket (TV short), Degrassi: The Next Generation, Played, Secret Blackheart (TV short). Then in 2014, she worked on RoboCop, Uncommon Enemies (TV short), The Listener, Wolves, We Were Wolves. In 2015 she worked on Gangland UnderCover, Killer Crush, Mangiacake, Ruthless (TV short).
In July 2015, she was cast in the eponymous lead role on Syfy's fantasy western drama Wynonna Earp, which has 3 seasons and is renewed for a season 4.
Later in 2016, she worked on Happily Ever After, A Sunday Kind of Love, Damien, Bloody Bits: Shorts Compilation Vol. 1 (TV short), A Good Meal, Designated Survivor, and Letterkenny.
In 2018 she worked on Birdland, Frankie Drake Mysteries, The Endings (TV short), and Bad Blood.
Trivia[]
- She has two sons with her husband Jeff. Her oldest son's name is Harry (who was born on April 1 of 2013) and her youngest son's name is Teddy (who was born on April 18 of 2017).
- The pregnancy of her second son, Teddy, was written into Wynonna Earp with this being the catalyst of the plotline for Wynonna's daughter, Alice Michelle.[2]
- She was pregnant for the duration of filming the second season of Wynonna Earp.[2]
- She won the 2017 E! Awards Girl on Top and 2018 E! Awards Leading Lady.
- She was top 3 nominated for Canadian Screen Awards.
- She is trilingual, Scrofano speaks English, French, and Italian fluently.
- Her father is an engineer and her mother is a government worker.[1]
- Her zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
- She loves Nutella, pizza that she makes, coffee, and books.
- She watches lots of TV shows.
- Melanie made her directorial debut in Season 4 of Wynonna Earp. She directed the fourth episode of the season, Look at Them Beans.
- Her favorite color is green.[citation needed]
- * When she was filming the episode "House of Memories", Melanie asked to hit a guy in the testicles during the interrogation scene, but she forgot to do it for fake, so she stomped on his balls for real.[3]