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Melia Kreiling (born ) is an actress. She is known for her roles on television series such as ''
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'' and ''
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'', and for her starring role as Alycia in the second season of the
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summer series ''
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''. She also has a brief appearance in the film ''
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''.


Early life

Kreiling was born in
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, Switzerland in the late 1980s as the daughter of an American father, Randall A. Kreiling, and a Greek mother, Katia Dimopoulou. She grew up in
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where she attended an English school. Afterwards, she attended the National State School of Dance. After moving to Great Britain, she studied at the University of Winchester and the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds. She received additional acting education at the
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.


Career

Kreiling made her film debut in the 2011 short ''Room to Forget''. In the German-speaking world she became known for her role in the historical drama '' The Borgias''. In December 2012 she appeared in a television program about
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and reprised her character in ''The Other Wife''. She made a brief cameo in the American film ''
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'' where she portrayed the character
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. Kreiling played
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in the 2013
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miniseries ''
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''. From 2015–2016, she played the recurring role of Daliyah Al-Yazbek in the FX television series ''
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''. In February 2018 Kreiling joined the cast of the
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summer series ''
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'' in its second season, playing the role of Alycia.


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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kreiling, Melia Actresses from Athens Greek emigrants to the United States 21st-century American actresses Living people Year of birth uncertain