Melissa Erin McIntyre (born May 31, 1986) is a

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former actress. She is best known for her role as Ashley Kerwin on the long-running CTV/The N teen drama '' Degrassi: The Next Generation''.Menon, Vinay (March 20, 2006). "Teen drama Degrassi hits 100", ''

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Career

McIntyre was a participant in many community theatre plays as a child, including '' The Wizard of Oz'' and ''

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/ref> In 1998, she was cast in Discovery Kids TV series, ''Real Kids, Real Adventures''. McIntyre was also a radio actress, as she played the lead role in ''Disco Does Not Suck.'' She took some time off during 1999 to participate mainly in theatre, but in 2000 McIntyre, then 13 years old, returned to television, voicing the character "

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" in the PBS animated series '' Mattimeo: A Tale of Redwall''. In 2001, she was cast in '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'', a spin-off to the 1980s series ''

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''. McIntyre played Ashley Kerwin. In 2018, McIntyre made a cameo appearance in

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's music video "

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" with her former co-stars.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McIntyre, Melissa Living people 1986 births 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Actresses from Ontario Canadian television actresses Canadian child actresses Canadian stage actresses Canadian voice actresses Canadian people of Irish descent People from Port Colborne