Melanie Neige Scrofano is a Canadian actress. She is known for playing Mrs. McMurray on the

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comedy series ''

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'', Rebecca on the CBC comedy-drama series ''

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'', October on the

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mockumentary series ''

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'', and Tia on the CTV fantasy-drama series '' The Listener''. From 2016 to 2021, Scrofano starred as the title character on the

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modern Western drama ''

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''. In 2019, she played Emilie in the comedy horror film '' Ready or Not''.

Early life

Scrofano was born in

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, the daughter of a government worker mother and an engineer father. She is of French-Canadian and Italian descent. She began modeling at the age of 13, and picked up acting when her agent began submitting her for acting jobs.

Personal life

It was revealed in a July 2017 ''

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'' article that Scrofano was pregnant for the duration of filming the second season of ''

''. She gave birth to a son in April 2017, shortly after production on the season had wrapped.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scrofano, Melanie Living people Actresses from Ottawa Canadian people of Italian descent Canadian television actresses Canadian film actresses Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Canadian actresses Canadian people of French descent