Played Angel Brooks
Melissa George was a newcomer to TV. She landed her role in Home and Away when a nationwide audition was held looking for someone to play Angel. "Before appearing in Home and Away, I had done a lot of modelling, commercials, etc. so I already had plenty of experience appearing in front of the camera, but I'd never done a lot of acting", she explained, "Then on Christmas Eve, after two auditions, I got a phone call telling me I got the part! I couldn't believe it."
Since then, Melissa's lifestyle had completely changed. "I left school to concentrate on my acting, and I'm having a great time", she said, "A few months back, I was an innocent school girl, but now I'm a bit of a party animal!"
But Melissa admitted that there is a downside: "Having to move from Perth to Sydney was very hard. I do get very homesick at times."
On sports, she said that she didn't get much time, but she loves dancing. She was an artistic roller skater, but gave it up due to work commitments. She was a bit of a fitness freak.
On the subject of school, "I finished Year 11 after I was lucky to get the job on Home and Away. I had really high grades." Before acting, she wanted to go to university to do teaching.
What she liked best about her job, "I like doing public appearances, and the satisfaction you get from doing a good scene is great. After all, it's not like you're doing accounting or something - you're doing something fun!"
Since leaving Home and Away, Melissa has been busy with a variety of projects. She has launched her own nightwear label - An Angel At My Beside, and a fitness vide, Mind, Body and Soul, which she made with Steve Bastoni. She also had a small role as a prostitute in the feature film Dark City and also played a headstrong daughter in Fable, an Australian TV movie.
Around 1997, she revealed a new image - complete with a sophisticated shorter hairstyle, suggesting that she has put Angel well and truly behind her.
When asked would she go back, she said, "Except maybe to do a guest appearance. But it's important never to go back, you should always move forward. |
