Melanie: You always see those movies that have amazing casts, and it's funny to be in one of them. It's a list of all these fantastic people and, oh, me as well.
Melanie: The first audition I ever did, the casting director said "I don't know why you're here. You're never going to work in America. You don't look right. You don't have the right kind of personality. I don't even know if you can do an American accent. Maybe you can try England". That was the first thing I ever heard when I came here. It only made me more determined.
She turned down a role in the film Mansfield Park.
She was Film Force's Celeb of the Day on October 18, 2002.
She attended an all-girls school as a teen.
In 2006, she left the main cast of Two and a Half Men to join a drama pilot for Fox entitled Drive. She now only appears as Rose in a recurring capacity.
She ran a production company called Velvet Morning Productions throughout 2001 to 2003. It has since disbanded.
She won the Best Actress award at the 1995 New Zealand Film and TV Awards for her role in Heavenly Creatures.
Her favorite film is Badlands.
She auditioned for the role of Sidney Prescott in the movie Scream. The role eventually went to Neve Campbell.
She struggled to get work for almost three years following her critically acclaimed performance in Heavenly Creatures.
She was personally chosen by director Jamie Babbit for her role in But I'm a Cheerleader.
Melanie has a dog called Mouse. She named it after her character in the movie Abandon.
Melanie attended Victoria University in Wellington.
Melanie is a vegetarian.
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