Melissa Benoist Net Worth

Melissa Benoist's Quotes

• I love female singer-songwriters!
• I'm obsessed with Michael Fassbender. He's unbelievable. I think he's a modern-day Marlon Brando. Every movie that he's done in the past couple years, I just died for him. He's extremely fascinating.
• At school, when it came to being social, I had no idea how to do it.
• Reading about myself on 'Perez Hilton' was kind of the weirdest thing ever.
• I'm definitely interested in doing movies. I've always focused more on acting than singing because that's where my true passion lies.

Interesting Facts about Melissa Benoist

1. Has two sisters: Jessica, a novelist and Kristina, an ecological scientist.
2. She has three tattoos: a wolf on her left wrist, a feather and the word "free" on the back of her neck, and a bicycle on her left foot.
3. In 2015, it was announced that she married Glee (2009) co-star Blake Jenner. Public records later revealed that the couple actually married in 2013. The couple separated in late 2016 and divorced in December 2017.
4. Has been cast as "Supergirl" in the CBS TV series Supergirl (2015). [January 2015]
5. Was the very first of a thousand actors to audition for the title role of Supergirl (2015), just as Stephen Amell for Arrow (2012) and Grant Gustin for The Flash (2014), all produced by Greg Berlanti.
6. Was wearing an eye-patch reportedly after suffering an eye injury when she first put on her Supergirl (2015) costume. It was later revealed, by Melissa on Instagram that the injury was in fact caused by an incident of domestic abuse. A phone was thrown at her eye resulting in one pupil becoming permanently enlarged.
7. Cited Susan Sontag and Gloria Steinem as inspirations for her portrayal of Supergirl (2015).
8. Was given Superman-styled costumes for each of her dogs from Ellen DeGeneres as a guest on her show Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003).
9. Started reading the New 52 'Supergirl' comic book title after landing the part.
10. Both she and Helen Slater, who also played Supergirl (1984), are brunettes turned blondes for the role of Supergirl.
11. Her paternal great-grandfather was of French descent. The rest of her ancestry is German, English, and Scottish.
12. One of her dogs is named Otis, also the name of Lex Luthor's assistant in the Superman (1978) films.
13. She has played the same character (Kara Danvers / Supergirl) in five different television series: Arrow (2012), The Flash (2014), Supergirl (2015), Legends of Tomorrow (2016) and Batwoman (2019).
14. First auditioned for the role of Jessica Kensky before being cast as Katherine Russell in Patriots Day (2016).
15. On The Late Late Show with James Corden: Melissa Benoist/Olivia Wilde/Saoirse Ronan (2015), along with Olivia Wilde and Saoirse Ronan, Melissa Benoist stated that the original French pronunciation of her surname was "Benoit".
16. Involved in a mental health awareness movement called 'I Don't Mind' with current partner Chris Wood who played on-screen love interest Mon-El in Supergirl.
17. She has unequal size of the eyes' pupils due to an eye injury.
18. Lived her youth in Littleton, Colorado.
19. Became engaged to Chris Wood on 11 February 2019.
20. Supergirl (2015) Season 5 marks her directorial debut.