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Melissa Marie Benoistborn October 4, 1988 is an American actress and singer. Her first major role was as Marley Rose in the Fox musical comedy drama Glee (2012–2014), in which she was a series regular during the fifth season. She came to wider prominence for portraying the title character in 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 played the wife of cult leader David Koresh in the Paramount Network miniseries Waco (2018). On stage, Benoist made her Broadway debut as Carole King in the jukebox musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical in 2018.
Early life and Education
Benoist was born in Houston, Texas, to Julie and Jim Benoist, a physician. They divorced in 2002 when she was thirteen. Her great-grandfather was of French descent. She has two sisters: Jessica, a novelist, and Christina, an ecologist, and five half-siblings from her father's remarriage. She was raised mostly by her mother in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado, after her parents separated. Growing up in Colorado, a large portion of her childhood was spent exploring national parks and immersing herself in nature.
She began dance classes in 1992 at the age of three, focusing on jazz, ballet, and tap. When she was four, her aunt cast her in a church play she was directing in 1993;after that, she began doing community children's theatre in her hometown.
Personal life
During her first semester in college, while she was learning to ride a bike, a taxi hit her from behind, leaving a scar above her eyebrow. She also has a tattoo of a bicycle on her left leg.
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 anyone knows", with some sources claiming the couple actually married in 2013, the same year of their engagement. In late December 2016, she filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences"The divorce was finalized in December 2017.
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. She recalls of the relationship, "We just met each other at the perfect time in our lives."In October 2017, Benoist helped launch Wood's campaign "IDONTMIND", which works to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health and provide resources and education. She discussed her struggle with depression and anxiety attacks since the age of 13. She said Wood's words encouraged her to share her own issues with depression with others. Benoist and Wood announced their engagement on February 10, 2019. On March 4, 2020, the couple announced on Instagram that they were expecting their first child They announced the birth of their son on September 25, 2020.
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