Michelle Clunie
| Michelle Clunie | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Michelle Renee Clunie November 7, 1969 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Residence |
Los Angeles, California New York City, New York |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Partner(s) | Bryan Singer (2014-present) |
| Children | 1 |
Michelle Renee Clunie (born November 7, 1969) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Melanie Marcus on Showtime's critically acclaimed series Queer as Folk and as Ellen Beals on Make It or Break It. She is currently a star on MTV’s Teen Wolf as Mrs. Finch.
Clunie was born in Portland, Oregon, where she studied ballet, tap, jazz, and violin. She was awarded a scholarship to The Academy of Professional Ballet where she studied and apprenticed throughout her teenage years. At 19 years old she sold her violin for $200 and moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue her acting career.
At 23 years old Clunie’s Los Angeles stage debut earned her a Dramalogue Award for Best Actress in Dean Orion’s A Comedy of Eros performed at the Skylight Theatre.
Additional stage highlights include her portrayal of Abby in Neil LaBute’s West Coast premiere of The Mercy Seat at the Ford Theatre, for which she won the Backstage Readers Best Performance Award, and the world premiere and Off-Broadway production of US, written and performed by Clunie at New York City’s Lion Theatre at Theatre Row. US is a 21st-century love story set against the backdrop of the 2008 Presidential election and examines the power struggles in both politics and the bedroom. It dissects how people meet, communicate, copulate and fall in love in the age of constant media and technology.
In 1995 Clunie was cast in the Academy Award-winning The Usual Suspects and shortly thereafter played a supporting role in Lost & Found starring David Spade and Martin Sheen. She became a series regular on The Jeff Foxworthy Show and guest starred on ER, The Tony Danza Show, House M.D., Without a Trace, NCIS, among several others.
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