MELISSA HAIDEN
DATE OF BIRTH:4th March 1987
HEIGHT:1.61 cm
EYES: Green
HAIR: Brown
NATIONALITY: South African
LANGUAGES:English, Afrikaans and Xhosa
TRAINING & TERTIARY EDUCATION:-2006- 2009
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Performance at University of Cape Town
Voice Training, Advanced Acting, Comedy Skills, Contemporary dance, Physical Theatre and mime, Acting for Camera
WORK EXPERIENCE
Film and Television
2017 Hear No EvilKim Lucket Trilogy
2017 Origins WAR Stong Hunter’s Mate Nat Geo
2017 Finders Keepers Sonia West Five Films
2016 Light Diaries Spin Around (short) Melissa Lightward Pictures
2016 Jadotville Beautiful Nurse Netflix
2015 Saints & Strangers Elinor BillingtonSONY/ Nat Geo
2014 The Wrong Mans S02Camille BBC/ Hulu
2014 Savage Ivy Ivy Mad Little Badger
2014Adrift (short) Anita ArchibaldMedia Village productions
2014 Black Sails S02 E3 Distressed Whore Starz
2014 Unspoken (short) WifeMedia Village Productions
2014 Milly (short)Milly Lightward Pictures
2013 Black Sails S01 E 5&7 Distressed Whore Starz
2013 Konfetti Sonia Light and Dark Films
2014 Bound (shortIris/Emma Lightward Pictures-
2011:The BritishElizabeth PepysSky TV
2010: Outcasts Marie Docherty BBC1 Kudos
Theatre:
2016 Vagina Monologues Marlise Doubell
2016 Heroin Diaries Leila Dir Fred Abrahamse
2016 Hotel Plays – Greeneyes Young Woman Dir Fred Abrahamse
2015 Cock 'W'Dir. Paul Griffiths
2016 Othello (Maynardville Desdemona Dir Fred Abrahamse
2015 Othello (Maynardville) Desdemona Dir. Fred Abrahamse
2015 Cock ”W' Dir. Paul Griffiths
2015 John Amanda/Roxy/TammyDir Jerry Le Cordeur
2013Sexual Perversity in ChicagoDeborahDir Chris Weare
2011 Waiting For Godot Vladimir Dir. Frankie Nassiimbini
2011Long Street CA12-6Lexi Dreyer Dir Heinrich Reisenhoffer
2011Bedrock multiple characters Dir. Peter Heyes
2011The Birds Procne the Nightingale Dir. Roy Sargeant
2009 Dead Man Walking Murdered Girl Dir. Niklaus Johannsen
Commercials:
A list of commercials is available on request.
SKILLS:-
Contemporary Dance, Burlesque, Physical Theatre and Mime, Swimming, Flute, Singing, Running and Horse Riding
32 Glen Alpine Way, Bergvliet, 7945, Cape Town
Tel: 021 712 0811, Fax: 086 503 3881, Cell: 083 230 8362, Email: