
Melanie Neilan
Biography
Melanie Neilan is an American stage, film and television actress, singer and ballet dancer.
Known For & Full Filmography8 Titles

Drama Series - 2009, 16 episodes • as Mina Raducan
The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.

Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • as Felicia Pope
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders is a drama about the specialized International Division of the FBI tasked with solving crimes and coming to the rescue of Americans who find themselves in danger while abroad.

Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Literary Conference Dinner Guest
High school athlete Cyd Loughlin lives alone with her depressive father in South Carolina, perpetually longing to get away from it all. When her aunt, famous novelist Miranda Ruth, agrees to host her for a few weeks during the summer, Cyd jumps at the opportunity. While there, she falls for a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.

Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Christine
Unfolding over the course of one very eventful day in his life, at 17-year-old preacher’s kid Henry's afternoon birthday pool party, the guests include an assortment of grown-ups from the family church, as well as Henry’s secular and religious teen friends — including the closeted young Logan, who clearly has eyes for Henry.

Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Inna
An Afro-Russian teenager must make a life or death decision after having his first sexual encounter with a white Russian pastor's daughter.

Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Mia
When faced with discharge, a psychiatric patient is ambivalent about returning to the real world.

Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Zoe
16-year-old Zoe enlists the help of her two grandmothers, one Russian and the other Turkish, for a school cooking project. As the grandmother's rivalry escalates, Zoe wishes she hadn't bothered to ask them in the first place. The need for culturally identity clashes with the kneading of dough, and Zoe soon realizes how important both of her grandmothers are to her - and that sometimes the way into people's hearts is through their stomachs.
