Melanie Liburd is a British actress best known for her roles in the television series “Dark Matter” and “The Grinder.” Liburd, who was born in the county of Hertfordshire, has always wanted to be an actor. She also appeared in HBO’s fantasy drama ‘Game of Thrones.’

Biography

Early Life

Melanie Liburd (born November 11, 1987). She was born in the English county of Hertfordshire to an English woman named Georgina and a Kittitian man named Michael. Marc and Leon are her two brothers.

Her mother was a realtor, while her father was a martial artist. She has been interested in performing since she was a child. When she was nine, she was cast as a rat in her school’s production of a play based on an English legend called ‘Dick Whittington and His Cat.’ Liburd has revealed that she was bashful as a child and was overjoyed to get the part.

According to reports, she and the rest of the show’s cast danced to Michael Jackson.

While she had a strong interest in performing at a young age, her first love was art. She later began working as a fashion and beauty model and spent significant time in that industry. She subsequently chose to pursue a career in acting and enrolled at London’s The Identity School of Acting.

Education

She studied art history and earned a bachelor’s degree in fashion design.

She was a fashion/beauty model who traveled the world before studying acting at The Identity Drama School. She also studied Art History and holds a BA Hons in Fashion Design.

Career

Liburd Melanie made her television debut in ‘The Selection in 2009. The film is based on Kiera Cass’s bestselling young adult novel of the same name, and it follows a working-class young woman who wins a lottery to compete with 34 other women for the chance to marry a prince. Fiona Castley, one of the girls vying for the prince’s hand, was played by Liburd.

She appeared as Asmara in two episodes of season three of the British/American action-adventure/spy-drama ‘Strike Back’ in 2012. Her next appearance was in the British-American horror drama ‘Dracula’ episode in 2013. That year, she also appeared in the television film ‘What Would Dylan Do?’. She appeared as a guest star in two CBS police procedural crime dramas 2014: ‘Stalker’ and ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.’

She made her big screen debut in Dianne Houston’s directorial debut ‘Runaway Island’ in 2015. The film, which also stars Lorraine Toussaint, Aisha Hinds, and Thomas Q. Jones, tells the story of a group of strangers seeking refuge from the “hurricane of life” on a lonely island. Kira Geoffries was a character played by Liburd.

That same year, Liburd scored her first primary television job. She was cast as the recurring character Ivy Dexter in Fox’s single-camera comedy ‘The Grinder. While the sitcom was canceled after one season, critics and audiences praised it. Later that year, she appeared as Amanda in the fantasy drama ‘How Sarah Got Her Wings.’

She appeared as a red priestess in HBO’s fantasy drama ‘Game of Thrones’ season six episode ‘No One’ in 2016. She also joined the cast of ‘Dark Matter’ that year. Nyx Harper, Liburd’s character, is a seer. Despite being a loner, she is incredibly elegant and intensely interested in firearms. She was a series regular in season two and appeared as a guest star in season three.

Liburd appeared alongside Naomi Watts, Billy Crudup, and Poorna Jagannathan in Netflix’s psychological thriller ‘Gipsy’ 2017. Alexis Wright, Michael Holloway’s (Crudup) assistant, was played by her. She had the opportunity to collaborate with Greg Kinnear, Aldis Hodge, and Xosha Roquemore in Tom Shadyac’s film ‘Brian Banks (2018).

Liburd joined the ‘This Is Us’ cast as a guest star in season two. In the third season, she was upgraded to series regular. Zoe Baker (Liburd) is Kevin Pearson’s (Justin Hartley) new girlfriend.

Filmography

2012: Strike Back
2014: Dracula
2014: Stalker Lori Carter
2014: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2015: The Grinder
2016: Game of Thrones
2016–2017: Dark Matter
2017: Gypsy
2017:
How Sarah Got Her Wings
2018–2021: This Is Us
2018: Brian Banks
2020: Make It Work! Herself
2020–2022: Power Book II: Ghost
2023–pr: The Idol
2023: Perpetrator
2023: Alan Wake II

Personal Life

Liburd is rumored to be dating a man named Benny Taylor. According to some publications, they are married. She now lives in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Winston is the name of her dog.

Age

She is 35 years of age. Born on November 11, 1987.

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Net Worth

Melanie Liburd is a British actress, and currently one of the richest British actresses, with an estimated net worth of $3 million. She has made such an amount of money from her career as an actress.

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