- Melanie Hawkins was born in Alexandria, Virginia. When she was a child she studied ballet and went on to dance professionally for The Sarasota Ballet Company, Ballet Eddy Toussaint, and The Hartford Ballet Company. After an injury took her away from dance Melanie transitioned to acting and received her BFA in Theatre at the Hartt School in Connecticut. Shortly after graduating she moved to Los Angeles and began auditioning for film and television. In 2005 she booked her first guest star on a television series and then a supporting role in the feature film Wedding Crashers. She continues to work in film and television and also works in print and commercials. She resides in Los Angeles with her husband and her daughter.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseMichael George(May 6, 2011 - present) (1 child)
- At 12 years of age, Melanie Hawkins was chosen to join THE BALLET DE MONTRÉAL EDDY TOUSSAINT in Quebec. She was discovered by Toussaint while at the Sarasota Ballet of Florida which he started himself while in the USA on his Visa. With two international summer workshops and galas, he brought in teachers and ballet stars from all over the world.
- Melanie Hawkins was nominated for "Best Female in a Leading Performance" in the stage play "Eighteen." The play was well received by the then under appreciated LA theatre scene and led the 25th Annual LA WEEKLY Theatre Awards.
"The bombastic Nagle and the effectively reserved Bledsoe are excellent, but it is the precocious Hawkins whose intensity staggers us. She is unqualifiedly splendid, a young actor whose career bears watching." -- F. Kathleen Foley, LA TIMES
"Hawkins is exquisite"- Backstage.
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