Melissa Bender

Aqua Talent - 310.859.8889 (Commercial)

Female White

Red Hazel 140lbs 5'4"

6-8 29" 8-10 6-8 6


Additional

Vocal Accents, Improvisation, Dance, Teleprompter Training, Sports/Athletic abilities, Stand-in Experience

Film

RoleDirectorProduction
The House Sitter (short)   Supporting AFI / John Bar
Get Right (short)   Supporting Open Shade / Jeremy Burgess
Do (short)   Lead USC / Xavier Burgin
Space Warriors   Lead Contraction Ent / Kenton Bartlett
Enough’s Enough (short)   Lead ContractionEnt / Kenton Bartlett
King of the Dance Hall (short)   Lead USC / Xavier Burgin
The Last of Us (short)   Lead Colombia College / Ryan Shin
Aurora (short)   Supporting The Art Institute / Chad Wood
Roses for Penelope (short)   Lead USC / Xavier Burgin
Marvel of Nature (short)   Supporting Que the Lights/ Xavier Burgin

Television

RoleDirectorProduction
The Real Disney Princesses of Cinderella's Castle   Lead Just Like That Productions
Rides and Sides   Supporting A2/D2 Productions
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia   Featured Comedy Central
Sassy Batman   Supporting Que the Lights Productions
Scared Famous   Recurring Renegade 83
FAM   Co-Star Kushellivision/CBS

Commercial

RoleDirectorProduction
List Upon Request  
 
 
 
 

Print

RoleDirectorProduction
Save the Gingers!   Model Beau Pollock
 
 
 
 

Music videos

RoleDirectorProduction
Pennies on My Eyes (Robere Lord ft. Kristie Borden)   Grieving Woman (featured) Kevin Wayne Black Scorpion Films LLC
 
 
 
 

Training

Second City Improv GRAD, Second City CONSERVATORY GRADUATE REVIEW, SC Hollywood, Private Coaching - The Archibald Studio - Craig Archibald, International Acting: Scene Study - Cold Reading - Auditioning - Loren Chadima, Meisner Training - Victor McCay (William Esper Studio), Acting for the Camera - Victor McCay, Scott Sedita Co-Star Intensive  
 

Other Special Skills

Vocal Accents, Improvisation, Dance, Teleprompter Training, Sports/Athletic abilities, Stand-in Experience 
 

Special Skills

ACTING GENRES, STYLES AND TECHNIQUES

Style

Action (Advanced), Comedy (Advanced), Crime (Advanced), Drama (Advanced), Family (Advanced), Horror (Advanced), Improv (Advanced), Lee Strasberg (Intermediate), Method (Intermediate), Musical (Intermediate), Romantic (Advanced), Sanford Meisner (Advanced), Science Fiction (Advanced), Sports (Advanced), Stanislavsky (Intermediate), Stella Adler (Intermediate), Suspense (Advanced), Uta Hagen (Intermediate), War (Intermediate), Western (Intermediate)
 

Athletic

Extreme Sports

RAZOR SCOOTER (Beginner)
 

General

AEROBICS (Intermediate), ARCHERY (Beginner), BASEBALL (Advanced), BASKETBALL (Intermediate), BILLIARDS PLAYER (Intermediate), BOATING (Beginner), BOWLING (Intermediate), BOXING (Beginner), CANOEING (Beginner), CHEER LEADING (Intermediate), DIVING (Intermediate), FENCING (Beginner), FIELD HOCKEY (Beginner), FISHING (Intermediate), FOOTBALL (Advanced), FRISBEE (Intermediate), GOLF (Beginner), GYMNASTICS (Beginner), HACKEY-SACK (Beginner), HANDBALL (Beginner), HIKING (Intermediate), ICE SKATE (Beginner), JOGGING (Intermediate), JUMP ROPE (Intermediate), KICK BOXING (Beginner), PING PONG (Intermediate), RACQUETBALL (Intermediate), ROLLER HOCKEY (Beginner), ROLLER SKATE (Intermediate), ROLLERBLADE (Intermediate), RUNNING (Intermediate), SOCCER (Advanced), SOFTBALL (Advanced), TENNIS (Intermediate), TRAMPOLINE (Beginner), VOLLEYBALL (Intermediate)
 

Swimming

BACK STROKE (Beginner), DIVING (Intermediate), FREESTYLE (Intermediate), SWIMMING, GENERAL (Intermediate)
 

Track & Field

HIGH JUMP (Beginner), HURDLE (Beginner), POLE VAULT (Beginner), SHOT PUT (Beginner), TRACK, GENERAL (Beginner)
 

Fighting and Weapons

General Weapons

AUTOMATIC WEAPON (Intermediate), HANDGUN (Intermediate), RIFLE (Intermediate)
 

Stage Combat

HAND-TO-HAND (Intermediate)
 

Improvisation and Comedy

Improvisation & Comedic Performance

GROUNDLINGS (Beginner), IMPROV, GENERAL (Advanced), LONG FORM (Advanced), SECOND CITY (Advanced), SHORT FORM (Advanced), SKETCH (Advanced), STAND-UP COMEDY (Intermediate), UCB (Beginner), VIOLA SPOLIN (Advanced)
 

Languages and Accents/Dialects

Accents/Dialects

AUSTRALIAN (Beginner), BRITISH (Intermediate), COCKNEY (Intermediate), IRISH (Intermediate), NEW ENGLAND / BOSTON (Intermediate), NEW YORK / BRONX (Beginner), SOUTHERN (Advanced)
 

Other

Driving Skills

MOTORCYCLE, ROAD BIKE (Beginner)
 

Horse Riding

HORSEBACK RIDING, GENERAL (Beginner)
 

Miscellaneous

BARTENDER (Beginner), CHEF (Beginner), STAND-IN EXPERIENCE (Advanced), VIDEO GAMES (Beginner), YO-YO (Beginner), YOGA (Beginner)
 

Stunts

PRAT FALLS (Intermediate)
 

Performance

Circus Skills

HULA HOOP (Advanced)
 

Dance

BALLET (Intermediate), BALLROOM (Beginner), BELLY (Beginner), BOLLYWOOD / INDIAN (Beginner), CLOG (Advanced), CLUB/FREESTYLE (Intermediate), DISCO (Beginner), HIP HOP (Intermediate), HULA (Beginner), IRISH DANCE (Advanced), JAZZ (Advanced), LINE (Beginner), MODERN (Intermediate), POINTE (Beginner), SQUARE (Beginner), TAP (Advanced)
 

Possessions

Current Passport 
Valid Driver's License