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: